Morris Minor Owners Club

:oops: Thanks for all your replies. I've solved the problem. I've been a right numpty. I bought brake shoes for both back hubs and didn't realise that one shoe had a notch in it to accommodate the adjuster. As a result I ended up putting two similar shoes on one hub; i.e. neither had the notch resul...

Thanks bmcecosse for your quick reply. I disconnected the handbrake cable because I suspected that - but unfortunately still very tight. Could it be that the brake shoes that I bought might be slightly too big?

Can anybody help! I've just renewed all the rear brake components on one side of my 1969 Minor ( I intend to do the other side soon). Trouble is that the hub is very tight to get on, and when I do persuade it on it's so tight that the hub is very difficult to turn. Should I just carry on and hope th...

Thanks to you all. I'll just keep persuading it with the hammer.

Thanks for your reply Axolotl. The handbrake cable seems to operate OK and I've adjusted the brakes using the adjuster as you've described and also tried tightening the cable using the adjustment nuts at the handbrake and the wheel still doesn't lock, so that's why I suspect something fishy about th...

This is my first forum with the club so I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, but here goes. I've got a problem with the handbrake on my Morris 1000 (1969 - 1098cc). The offside wheel can still be turned with the handbrake on. The cables seem Ok and I'm now in the process of trying to remove the...