Birty Dastards Jeep Club

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Rear brake shoes  (Read 1020 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

tag

  • Guest
Rear brake shoes
« on: May 01, 2011, 09:29:52 PM »

Renewing rear brakes tomorrow, have the new ones  and one shoe has a slightly thicker lining than the other is this correct?                     
Logged

dieselj20

  • Guest
Re: Rear brake shoes
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 08:48:30 AM »

yes one leading one trailing
Logged

wildwood

  • The 1 Tonne Kid
  • Marshal
  • Forum Member
  • *
  • Guru: 14
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5921
Re: Rear brake shoes
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 11:38:31 AM »

One with the meat goes rearwards for handbrake duties........

Although in the past I've put them tother way round by mistake :icon_redface:

Handbrakes on TJs YJs and Cheerys are so pants you'de never know the difference tho. :icon_twisted:
Logged

tag

  • Guest
Re: Rear brake shoes
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 01:17:58 PM »

Ok...cheers....... :icon_biggrin:
Logged

Dave69

  • Club Member
  • Forum Member
  • *
  • Guru: 15
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 9457
  • Vehicle: CJ-7 4.2 auto
  • Year: 1979
Re: Rear brake shoes
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 08:06:41 PM »

just fit them as the orientation makes no difference on the XJ, the handbrake only works effectively once a year for the mot to be fair. make sure when you swap the pressed in peg for the adjuster ratchet that you make sure it's in tight (peened in) so it doesn't work loose and fall out
Logged
XJ 2.5 diesel - dead. XJ 4.0 6" lift - sold to some lucky person
CJ7 4.2 auto standard(ish)
Alfa 147 jtdm
Pages: [1]   Go Up
 

Powered by EzPortal