Thread: Matilda's jammed rear drum brakes

,Why don't you just split the collars with a chisel, do what you have to do
and get 2 collars and Re asemble. Save you all the a worry..............

Originally Posted by groucho

,Why don't you just split the collars with a chisel, do what you have to do
and get 2 collars and Re asemble. Save you all the a worry..............

Thanks groucho - that sounds like a good idea. I guess the reality is - I'm kind of out of my depth and comfort zone here. I'm not sure what to do next, really. Think I'll just leave it for now and have a think about my options with the vehicle.

Don't give up Dan, your almost there, these are only slight hiccups, she will be on the road soon and we won't be able to wipe the smile off your face.
If you need any help please don't hesitate to give me a yell, either with machining or making a press to give the bearings a shove, or just coming round to give you some moral support.

Cheers, Mick.

Definitely don't give up Dan, it will be worth it in the end. Unfortunately a 50 year old car is going to take maintenance. Still an awful lot cheaper than a new one though if you look at it that way . When you get it running we will have to have another series get together just to celebrate .

Tim.

Hang in there Scallops!

I'm about a year behind so relying on you to ask all the questions, sort these things out and put up lots of pictures so I can cruise along in your slipstream (though I may never be able to that on the road).

At least you blokes are still getting around in shorts - Tassie winter starts tomorrow and I'll need my work lamp for heat more than light!

Go well

If you want to, it looks like this saturday arvo/evening has a handfull of free hours, bring the shafts over and we can have a go at the cold chisel method.

Whynot stick a series two axle under it . Keep you on the road till you get the other sorted out.
You may even leave it on, no one will notice the slightly wider track.

I'm doing my best with all of this, but we only have 1 income and it's stretched - so I can't spend much more on Matilda at the moment. New bearings and collars will cost another $250.00. I also need diff oil, rubber grease, brake fluid etc just to get back to where I started.

I'm near to going the "store indefinitely" option with her now - until I can, at least, get a 2nd part time job and some extra cash to throw at her. I've come to this position because I don't know how to proceed - I'm no mechanic - the first thing I have ever done mechanically in my life, period, is remove these axles. I now have the axles, wheel cylinders, brake master cylinder, brake lines etc etc - all flapping around in the wind - all in bits. I understand this is all child's play mechanically for most of you, but it's brain surgery for me.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions - but a Series 2 axle is out - that's more cash for something I don't need. The chisel idea - sounds good - I dunno. Maybe that will wreck something else in the process - I dunno. Why won't a press work as it should? I dunno. The Austral mechanic that came over to get Warren T Ford said even if it were locktighted (as Dave suggested it might have been), heating it up as Dave did should have melted the locktight and then allowed it to all come apart - I dunno.

Maybe I need to leave it all and think about it - I dunno. I just dunno!