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From: Mike Barnard on 25 Jul 2010 11:53
Hi all.

Considering how simple rear drum brakes are this should be an easy
question. Today, I changed the rear shoes on my '97 2.0 ghia manual
Mk2 Mondeo. The change was easy, the drums hadn't grooved and they
came off easily. The cylinders were OK and I was suprised to see the
existing shoes still servicable. But I changed them anyway.

It all went back together smoothly. A bit of jiggling to align the
drums of course, but an easy job.

The pedal travel pumped back to normal quickly after each side was
done, but the handbrake now travels all the way up. This is wrong, but
why?

I know the adjusters may need to set themselves but that shouldn't
take long, should it? I've tried 'pumping' the handbrake to get the
adjusters to take up the slack but it hasn't changed anything yet.

I know the cables are attached properly.
I know the adjusters were wound right back.
The adjusters were not siezed.

What do I do... wait and hope, adjust the handbrake cable manually or
get back into the drums and ensure there is a LITTLE lube on the
adjusters? Something else?

From: Chris Bartram on 25 Jul 2010 13:03
On 25/07/2010 16:53, Mike Barnard wrote:

> What do I do... wait and hope, adjust the handbrake cable manually or
> get back into the drums and ensure there is a LITTLE lube on the
> adjusters? Something else?
>
I always found with Golf I/II/Scirocco drums, a good yank on the
handbrake and stomp on the pedal (together) did the trick.
From: Mrcheerful on 25 Jul 2010 13:13
Mike Barnard wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Considering how simple rear drum brakes are this should be an easy
> question. Today, I changed the rear shoes on my '97 2.0 ghia manual
> Mk2 Mondeo. The change was easy, the drums hadn't grooved and they
> came off easily. The cylinders were OK and I was suprised to see the
> existing shoes still servicable. But I changed them anyway.
>
> It all went back together smoothly. A bit of jiggling to align the
> drums of course, but an easy job.
>
> The pedal travel pumped back to normal quickly after each side was
> done, but the handbrake now travels all the way up. This is wrong, but
> why?
>
> I know the adjusters may need to set themselves but that shouldn't
> take long, should it? I've tried 'pumping' the handbrake to get the
> adjusters to take up the slack but it hasn't changed anything yet.
>
> I know the cables are attached properly.
> I know the adjusters were wound right back.
> The adjusters were not siezed.
>
> What do I do... wait and hope, adjust the handbrake cable manually or
> get back into the drums and ensure there is a LITTLE lube on the
> adjusters? Something else?

slacken the handbrake cable first.
you should wind up the adjusters in the drums until the drum will just still
go on and turn fairly freely. then pump the pedal a few times and take it
for a few miles drive, then see how much handbrake travel there is and
adjust the cable as needed.


From: Cicero on 25 Jul 2010 13:20
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:53:41 +0100, Mike Barnard wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Considering how simple rear drum brakes are this should be an easy
> question. Today, I changed the rear shoes on my '97 2.0 ghia manual Mk2
> Mondeo. The change was easy, the drums hadn't grooved and they came off
> easily. The cylinders were OK and I was suprised to see the existing
> shoes still servicable. But I changed them anyway.
>
> It all went back together smoothly. A bit of jiggling to align the drums
> of course, but an easy job.
>
> The pedal travel pumped back to normal quickly after each side was done,
> but the handbrake now travels all the way up. This is wrong, but why?
>
> I know the adjusters may need to set themselves but that shouldn't take
> long, should it? I've tried 'pumping' the handbrake to get the adjusters
> to take up the slack but it hasn't changed anything yet.
>
> I know the cables are attached properly. I know the adjusters were wound
> right back. The adjusters were not siezed.
>
> What do I do... wait and hope, adjust the handbrake cable manually or
> get back into the drums and ensure there is a LITTLE lube on the
> adjusters? Something else?

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I think you're supposed to pump the footbrake.

Cic.



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From: Conor on 25 Jul 2010 15:33
On 25/07/2010 16:53, Mike Barnard wrote:
>]
> The pedal travel pumped back to normal quickly after each side was
> done, but the handbrake now travels all the way up. This is wrong, but
> why?
>
> I know the adjusters may need to set themselves but that shouldn't
> take long, should it? I've tried 'pumping' the handbrake to get the
> adjusters to take up the slack but it hasn't changed anything yet.
>
> I know the cables are attached properly.
> I know the adjusters were wound right back.
> The adjusters were not siezed.
>
> What do I do... wait and hope, adjust the handbrake cable manually or
> get back into the drums and ensure there is a LITTLE lube on the
> adjusters? Something else?
>
The handbrake cable has manual adjustment.


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