Thread: Matilda's jammed rear drum brakes

Its not as simple as pulling the half shafts
The backing plate goes on first

Backing plate first, spacer. bearing retainer, seal then the collar
And a press or something to get the collar off and to replace

Absolutely right - I was forgetting the order of assembly!


You need a 20 tonne press to pull the bearing off and reassemble it. - specialist job. (but only that bit of it)

As Groucho says, best to replace the bearings while you are at it.

John

..... OR... you could just drive everywhere in reverse

Wow - isn't this a fun experience? Spent the entire day prepping my wheels for a repaint so I've just read the full story.

So - Anyone want a 1956 Series 1, great condition, features extremely rare back to front rear brakes? No? Really? No one interested? - OK, then can anyone possibly loan me a car trailer, so I can take the vehicle to MR and get it fixed properly? I'd better get this done prior to the divorce coming through - I really won't be able to afford it then.

I wonder who put them together the wrong way?

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I wonder who put them together the wrong way?

John

I suspect it was the last owner - he seemed to have a genius for doing anything and everything in a dodgy way.

But it has become academic.

Dave (Blknight.aus) has offered to sort this issue out for me. Let me just say, I am extremely humbled by the wonderful characters of the Land Rover community - Harry Ho Har, Glen Delta Zulu, Numpty, JDNSW, to name a few - have all given me so much help. Not to mention all who have offered me good advice in this and many other threads. So thank you all, I really am very humbled by your generosity, goodwill and friendship.

And to simply send a PM to Blacknight.aus and him instantly offer his support to fix this mess, without reservation, is just above and beyond.

Thank you - you are all worth your weight in Gold.

G'day All, Scallops old mate, Land Rover camaraderie goes a lot further than the wave over the steering wheel LOL, and not wanting to hi-jack your thread/lament about 'Matilda', but I had 'Chloe' out today and she performed without a fault, the only downside to the day in the forest was we came across a hippie crowd of approx 100+ and vehicles etc, all set up in the bush with a huge tee-pee and other structures, belting out some wild noise (thats all it was) scaring the be-jeezus out of all the local wildlife, I did manage to snap a good pic of 'Chloe' and sneaked a pic of the hippies, thought it a good idea to get away a bit first LOL anyway good to see that you have your issue sorted cheers Dennis
ps I can't post pix either ,,.