Morris Minor Owners Club

Concentrating on the rear brakes for now. It is impossible to have the wrong size shoes on as they were always 7" so, if the adjuster moves the shoes but will not make them contact the drums there is something weird going on. With new drums and shoes you should have difficulty refitting the dr...

One of the wheel cylinders is brand new the other moves freely. the problem is that i cant get the shoes adjusted to the drum (ie taking up free play ). I havn't even got as far as checking things like pedal travel as it takes 2 pumps to bring the shoes onto the drum.

The rear drums are new out of the box from a morris minor specialist as are the shoes.

I am sure it has to do with the size of the adjuster and the rear on the front is a good line to check. Any ideas for the rear which also does not adjust properly The old shoes which were in it would also not adjust even though they had plenty of lining left. They were replaced really because they w...

I have a 1971 pick up which has been off the road for some years and is now coming back to MOT standard (Slowly) The brakes were none existant but after a new wheel cylinder some new pipe and a bleed I thought it would be ok. I tried to adjust the brake shoes but they were at the end of the adjustme...