Hi, Guest
05-07-2011, 05:43 AM
OK, thanks guys.
I also went trawling on a US Focus forum. It seems I am not the only person ever to have to beat the drums with a hammer to free the shoes. From what I found, it may be enough to just clean up the contact points and lube them. However, the not-really-operational park brake cables probably need to be done at the same time, in order to get everything to adjust nicely, so....
Most people suggest removing the stub axle and drum together, via the four bolts through the backing plate, rather than removing the centre nut. Agreed?
Yeah, rear disks would be nice, but this wagon is just the workhorse of the fleet. It is coming up for 9 years old, but only has 108K on it, so I hope to keep it around for a while, if I can keep the tin-worms away.
Bob
I also went trawling on a US Focus forum. It seems I am not the only person ever to have to beat the drums with a hammer to free the shoes. From what I found, it may be enough to just clean up the contact points and lube them. However, the not-really-operational park brake cables probably need to be done at the same time, in order to get everything to adjust nicely, so....
Most people suggest removing the stub axle and drum together, via the four bolts through the backing plate, rather than removing the centre nut. Agreed?
Yeah, rear disks would be nice, but this wagon is just the workhorse of the fleet. It is coming up for 9 years old, but only has 108K on it, so I hope to keep it around for a while, if I can keep the tin-worms away.
Bob