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From: Peter Hill on 8 Apr 2010 18:30
On 8 Apr 2010 13:41:27 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
>like they were saying:
>
>> I remember when I was young (40 years or so ago) and finding them a
>> right PITA but thought that in the intervening years, someone would have
>> come along with a better design
>
>They have.
>
>It's called a rear disk.

I've got a a pair of rear disks.

But someone had the bright idea of putting drums in the hub of the
rotors to stop drunks pushing it around.

(They did it this on a lot of German cars too)

Anyway handbrake levers on disc calipers seize.
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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 8 Apr 2010 19:32
In article <hpkiu3$urf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Tim Downie <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Okay, I know I'm not a DIY god but how do other folk deal with those
> diabolical "springfuckits" AKA "brake shoe retaining springs"?

I have a special tool for them. Didn't cost much and worth every penny. ;-)

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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 9 Apr 2010 05:04
In article <5104f9de1adave(a)davenoise.co.uk>,
Dave Plowman (News) <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <hpkiu3$urf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Tim Downie <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Okay, I know I'm not a DIY god but how do other folk deal with those
> > diabolical "springfuckits" AKA "brake shoe retaining springs"?

> I have a special tool for them. Didn't cost much and worth every penny. ;-)

This sort of thing:-

http://www.jhmbuttco.com/acatalog/info_VS036.html

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From: Rob on 10 Apr 2010 23:10
On 8/04/2010 11:18 PM, shazzbat wrote:
down and
>> rotate the pin but no, that would be too easy.
>>
>> How do other folk deal with these little b*stards?
>>
>
> Grip the dished washer in a pair of pliers, right at the business end of
> the jaws. Push it over the pin. Then, with a finger on the head of the
> pin, grip the washer as hard as you can, push and twist. And be grateful
> it's a corsa and not a truck.
>
> There is a tool available, but I never could be arsed to buy one.
>
> Steve
>
> Steve


I bought one and never found it satisfactory, what you suggest is what I
have always done.
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 11 Apr 2010 04:36
In article <4bc13db5$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au>,
Rob <mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > There is a tool available, but I never could be arsed to buy one.


> I bought one and never found it satisfactory, what you suggest is what I
> have always done.

One I've got works a treat. Think there is more than one size of spring,
though.

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