General rear drum brakes with pics question

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General rear drum brakes with pics question

All the above, but you say the handbrake isn't working? I wonder if the handbrake "elbows" are seized and preventing the shoes from fully retracting?

To see if this is a problem, disconnect the handbrake at both sides and try again. Whatever the case, as you have to dismantle the drums to get the elbows out if they're seized, you may as well do that now. If they're seized, remove the elbows, soak in WD40, whap with mallet until they're really free and then wipe of the WD and work a little coppaslip into the elbow joint. Then put it all back together again.

I'm not sure if I got you right at the top, but the shoes must locate in the grooves of the slave cylinder.

If the friction material on any of the shoes is down to 2mm or so, you may as well replace the shoe set. Costs around £14 from yer friendly local factor.
 
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