Thread: 109 rear brakes, useful info. (for me anyway!)

Hey all

For a while now I have had a problem where the rear brakes wouldn't adjust properly.
The snail would just spin around without doing much adjusting.

What I didnt realise was that there are leading and trailing shoes!
The pegs are in different places and actual brake material is further down the shoe on the leading one.

The previous owner had put them on incorrectly (both trailing on one side and both leading on the other, springs also in wrong holes!) I blindly followed what he/she had done...

I found this page which shows the set up very nicely - Land Rover FAQ - 109 rear brakes

Maybe this is common knowledge and im an idiot but hopefully it helps someone else too!

Ash

Good link Ash!

I checked my shoes yesterday and noticed that the lining lengths were the same but that the different posts indicated that they were a leading and trailing shoe.

As the link says, the important thing is that the leading shoe is leading i.e. towards the front of the car.

It is always a good idea to inspect brake assemblies very closely because previous repairers can often get things assembled in the wrong place!

Cheers Charlie