brake trouble!

[Audi Doody]

he always had a crap memory…….hahahahahaha

[Chris S]

That will be the alzhiemers that will [], wot will [], I dont know! [xx(].

[ld50]

lol

[thenavigator]

Car is now fixed! Would have been fixed a lot earlier, but the brake slave/fluid cylinder needed replacing too, and took a while to source that part for both sides. Brakes feel quite good now, and everything is pretty much new. Spent some time cleaning up the drums from inside too.

Also, didn’t have to replace the hand brake cables luckily as they were working fine.

Thanks for all the help once again. Much appreciated.

Oh and I took quite a few photos along the way. If anyone is interested I can email them over…highly doubt it though!

[Chris S]

yes please email them to me, and possibly we can make a photo guide from them.

[Chris S]

Unfortunately Talal did not take enough photos to really make a how to photo guide,

but here are the before & after pictures for reference, these should be a great help to anyone doing the same job on the rear brakes,
as its all too easy to get lost and forget where things should fit []

[Audi Doody]

well done!
Did you do the work yourself, help out or just watch..?
I feel another oil under the finger nails convert joining the tribe!!

mike

[thenavigator]

Thanks for uploading the pictures Chris.

I didn’t do the work myself, but watched and helped out where I could throughout. I was basically recommended a mobile mechanic by someone else. This is the first job I used him for, but I have to say I was very impressed with his attitude, effort and friendliness. He talked me through everything he was doing…so all in all a good experience. Will be using his help again for other bits I need doing to the car.

Chris is very right about getting lost with the number of small parts there are. All I can suggest is, when we removed the old shoes from my car, we kept the shoes in their original formation, with all springs, adjusters, etc. This way, putting all the new parts together was quite easy to copy.

As you can tell from the rear right side brakes picture (first pic), the pads on the shoes had actually come off. Both sides had quite a bit of life left in the brake shoes. I guess the brake fluid leaking was the culprit.

Anyway, hope this helps out someone else at some point.

[Mikes]

Always good to see other people don’t bother with axle stands and only use a jack [] safety at work.
Reading this reminded me how the main dealers get it so wrong, at least mine admitted it to me and therefore I trust them a little more…… however I still never use a garage, not trusting those spotty unqualified 16yr old teenagers with my syncro.

[ld50]

dunno about anyone else but on the jacking/safety issue I tend to stick a spare alloy under the car just in case the jacks slip…simple and hopefully effective

[Housey]

i usually use jack-stands proper ones aswell, rated for 6 tonnes each. its good to have the height they provide

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