How To ?

[huddy]

hey guys

wanna tighten my handbrake on the ceff... its got the 4 stud with drums on rear.

i know u can tighten it at the lever, but i am wanting to tighten it inside the hubs.

i've never done this before so just wanting some info on how to pull the hubs off and what i should be turning and how much to tighten affectively

cheers

-Matt

[Softy]

the way i did it was

take the wheels off (if longchamps give them to softy)

then i took the drum off...if the drum is hard to get off,ther is two small holes with thread tapped into em,in the centre of the drum.put 2 bolts that fit in there in and tighten em evenly that will force the drum off

then once its open u will see the shoes and a rod with thread and a ratchet spindle thing in the center.

turning that makes the shoes go in and out.

so spin it around a bit so the shoes more outwards,do that a couple of times and try put the drum back on and see if it still fits. if so spin it some more to push the shoes out further

once u get it so the drum wont go back on,spin the ratchet enough so u can get the drum back on.

thats about it really

tho if ur been a poxy poser and have been tightening the brakes from the handbrake lever inside the car back that off to and take the slack up with the shoes inside the drum

hope that helps

now wheres my dinner bitch

[RiverSide]

There is actually a rubber plug on the face of the disc/drum, remove that and turn it until you see the silver ratchet spindle thing, turn that with a small flat head screwdriver, keep turning it until the disc/drum won't move, then back it off until it JUST moves freely.

That will save you removing the disc/drum. They can sometimes be difficult.

[Softy]

yer i tryed that option on mine....

but mine was that far un adjusted it didnt matter what way i turned it i couldnt make the drum lock...found it easyer to take the drum off and do it coz i could see what way to spin it to make the shoes move out

[konect]

I am going to hijack this now

How do you adjust the handbrake if the rear brakes are discs ??

[Softy]

if its a standard a31 rear brake set up,its drum and disk

inside the rear disk if t take it off u will find the drum brake set up

[huddy]

and 'if' by chance u do have caliper/handbrake setup best bet is to get new cables & change to better pads

will try this tomorrow...softy you'll probably get a few 'i'm stuck - i need help' phone calls lol

[huddy]

started looking at it now... i'm guessing i have to remove the caliper??? to be able to remove the disc/drum?

[huddy]

ok i had a shot at this... not sure how it went as i havent tested it yet... so will see what happens...

oh BTW that ratchet thingy you were talking about i'm guessing thats the thing right at the bottom in centre?

on the actual shoe/pad things there was only a couple of mm thickness... so might have to change in future...

ALSO - what colour are the standards? coz mine are purple???

[Softy]

dunno i had yellow ones

ummmm i had about 5-8mm of meat left on mine

[huddy]

not much meat on mine then

[sky80]

where do you buy the shoes from? mine's about 2mm now...do r33 and r32 use the same shoes?

[Softy]

not sure where

when time comes im just goin to get a local place to Bond some pads to the shoes on my car now.

i know Kent Engernering here in s.a will do it

[huddy]

as in SIK KENT?

i want SIK KENT ENGINEERING on my car too!!!