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I've had my back wheel hubs soaking in plus gas the last few days and hopefully tomorrow is the day I get chance to sort out the rear brakes. Backplates are rusted through and have all the springs and bits to renew.
Any tips or links to videos to aid me.
Looking forward to having a good ole bodging day, been studying and applying for a new job the last few weeks, need a distraction

not getting new back plates?

When I did mine I had to renew the brake line and slave cylinder

Sorry, I have the back plates too and the stubby pin that has to be punched out.
Hoping the cylinders are okay and fluid lines. Seen a couple of videos now and it all kinda makes sense.
Another squirt of plus gas and have a useful length of scaffolding handy.
Off work Tuesday too so lets see what other hidden jobs this throws up

Ha, theres always something and old stupid didn't read things too well
Lower mounting pivot points also have to be renewed, tried angle grinding out the old ones but not good.
Another £30 to Brickwerks

E D I T Brickerks only have one in stock

Well that's half a job done, well a quarter as I have to do both sides.
Brickwerks only have one in stock at £7.68p each https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/rear-brake ... er-t3.html
But VWHeritage have 4 at £8.50p each https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/type25- ... StartRow=1
Paid the extra for next day delivery so I shall resume tomorrow

Everything is on apart from these little thinkers, any ideas? Oh there's another round washer

Yeah, I had them left over too...

Scratched my head, put the drum on, and put the clips in a box in the garage, went on holiday with the van and all was good (well all was good with the brakes anyway!). I've still got them in a box in the garage, but we've moved house so I doubt if I can remember which box they are in...

Satisfying job though, no?

They are the horseshoe clips that hold the handbrake arm onto the brake shoe. On bay window vans the arm did not come with the brake shoes you had to swap it over from the old shoes and fit a new horseshoe clip to the pivot pin.

And the bottom spring should be fitted from behind the shoes with the long curly hook end on the handbrake lever side.

Glad I wasn't the only one then
Thanks Herb will sort it at the weekend

Never seen those clips for the handbrake lever on the brake shoes , the lever is riveted on.

multisi wrote:Never seen those clips for the handbrake lever on the brake shoes , the lever is riveted on.

Not on bays

Well if anyone has any tips on fitting parts 2a,2b and 2c, those little monkeys took all the time.
Wonder if I could bodge a clamp together using an old mastic gun

2 second job - finger on the pin at the back, hold disc in pliers, push on and twist. Why were you having difficulty?

Also looking back at your pics - have you kept a leaking cylinder but renewed everything else?????. And.... looks like the wrong spring at the bottom.