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[brocks72xu1]

Looking good grant

[frash da bucket]

Hi Grant,

 

Your shoes are on back to front mate,

Leading shoe,short shoe facing the front of the car,

Trailing shoe,long shoe facing the back of the car mate.

 

Regards John.

[frash da bucket]

Hi Grant,

 

Your handbrake cables go in first,not last,

You need a second person,to help slide the cables though to underneath of the car to the handbrake handle,you have to fit the rubber boots on the cables first,the dust boots are left and right mate,put on a bit of grease on the ends to help slide through the rubber dust boots,and have your nuts ready 7/16 to put on the handbrake handle inside of the car.I have put new handbrake cables on my car coupla months ago.

 

Regards John.

[S pack]

Grant, your fuel filler pipe is incorrect. The flange on the pipe sits behind the rear panel, inside the boot, not on the outside.

Love that wiper motor, so sexxxxxeeeeee.

Cheers

Dave.

Edited by S pack, 17 June 2013 - 05:25 PM.

[Bazza]

Hi

 

See below. The gasket is critical, otherwise water will sit permanently behind the boot catch area (and cause a rust hole like the one I had).

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

 

 

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[RallyRed]

Hi Grant... real good,....and.....like a Toranafest possibility?

[S pack]

double bugger !

 

got the gasket but it's behind the filler - was wondering what was going on here as the screws were not working and also the tank connection rubber seemed to be short - will fix

 

John, read the manual and just threw them on last night, will re arrange now but the manual seemed to have the shoes shown like that.

 

nothing like doing a job twice ah ?

 

thanks gents, need all the training wheels i can get 

 

1 mill back 

Grant, John (Frash) is right about the brake shoes. Primary shoe has the shorter lining and always faces to the front of the vehicle.

Also as John said, get your h/brake cables installed as you need to connect them to the brake shoe actuating levers before you assemble the brakes.

 

 

.

[hanra]

I think I got mine the right way around. And yeah. hook them levers up first. It's fiddly work.

Edited by hanra, 17 June 2013 - 08:36 PM.

[frash da bucket]

Hi Brad,

 

Yourself adjusting mechanism on your backing plate,to adjust your brakes isn't right either,and missing a few bits.

 

Regards John.

[hanra]

Well spotted, however ita an old photo. Just wanted to show the brake shoes.

[hanra]

Here's a later photo, sorry for the hijack Grant.



As per the book

[frash da bucket]

Hi Grant,

 

Yes they can operatate with out these mate,there only a automatic brake adjusters grant,that photo that you have put up is the os rear.I still have this set up in mine,god knows why did put them back in.

Your car would have had them too,but someone hasn't put them back into yours,my gtr had them, as the same as the xu-1.

 

Regarsd John.

[hanra]

They only adjust the brakes ones the car is moving in reverse and brakes depressed if I am correct? I'm usually not though!!! Hahaha.

[frash da bucket]

Hi Brad,

 

Thank you for supplying the photo's,of you car and from the book,and your shoes are correct also,i have owned 2 LJ's,my gtr had it for 10 years and have had my xu-1 for 24 years,and have pulled both of them apart and put back together again over the years,i do know them inside and out.

 

Regards John.

[S pack]

They only adjust the brakes ones the car is moving in reverse and brakes depressed if I am correct? I'm usually not though!!! Hahaha.

Correct Brad, the self adjusters only work when the brakes are applied whilst the vehicle is traveling in reverse.

If the self adjusters are removed you have to adjust the brakes manually at regular intervals.

[frash da bucket]

Hi Brad,

 

Yes handbrake only,when reversing,don't do it many times will over adjust and won't move forward at all,i have always adjusted them manually.

 

Regards John.

[S pack]

Hi Brad,

 

Yes handbrake only,when reversing,don't do it many times will over adjust and won't move forward at all,i have always adjusted them manually.

 

Regards John.

Drum brake self adjusters have nothing to do with the hand brake John. They work when the brake pedal is depressed and the self adjusters cannot or should not over adjust the brakes to the point they are locked. Generally three brake applications in reverse is enough.

[frash da bucket]

It only works of the handbrake and not depressing the brake pedal,by pulling up the handbrake when reversing it adjusts them up.

 

Regards John.

[S pack]

It only works of the handbrake and not depressing the brake pedal,by pulling up the handbrake when reversing it adjusts them up.

 

Regards John.

How then do the self adjusters work on front drum brakes?????