Hi,
I'm working on the rear drum brakes (1980 T25) and wanting to loosen off the shoes. When I look through the inspection hole I can see the shoe/pad but no adjuster! The inspection hole is in a different place to that in the Haynes manual. Photo from above the drum shows the inspection hole at about the 2 o'clock postion.
Is this standard or not? Does it mean trying to get the drum off with loosening the brake shoes?
1980 2l CU Aircooled; left-hand drive - now officially a historic vehicle!
I wonder if your have an bay window backplate fitted instead of a T3/T25 one,
looking at the parts diagram they aren't the same and the adjusters are different,
it's not easy to now see exactly what was fitted to the early T3/T25 - the rear hub stayed the same but I don't know if the bay backplate will even fit the T3/T25 bearing carrier
Have you had the drum off ?
Thanks for the reply. I've not had the drum off yet - currently soaking the assembly.
I'm also trying to suss out if I will need to remove the hub nut to get the drum off.. Any advice would be appreciated as Haynes is not helping much today!
1980 2l CU Aircooled; left-hand drive - now officially a historic vehicle!
It's been quite a while since I worked on mine, but for certain the adjuster is below the brake cylinder and between the shoes. The plugged hole at 2 o'clock is probably to check the shoe thickness. I suspect Oldiebut goodie is correct.
1982 Holdsworth poptop. 2L CU Aircooled.
1982 Danbury tintop Caravelle. 2L CU Aircooled.