brake shoes

Post by **dalebrignall** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:59 pm

hi everyone just fitted a set of shoes on the mog.what a pig the rear ones were to do .my brother is a saab man and he struggled with those and i did the frount.why are the frounts easier to do is it because there are 2 wheel cylinders.

Post by **alex_holden** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:07 pm

The fronts don't have the awkward bee-hive springs, and the hubs are the same size but the front shoes are larger diameter so there's more room to play with. Neither are particularly tricky once you've done it a few times and got the hang of the technique.

Post by **dalebrignall** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:33 pm

i was all fingers and thumbs and had to concede defiet on the behive springs

Post by **alex_holden** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:37 pm

Did you hook the return springs onto the shoes first then lever the shoes up onto the cylinders? That's much easier than putting the shoes in place and trying to hook the springs on afterwards.

Post by **Orkney** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:26 pm

behive yourself dale

Post by **dalebrignall** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:15 pm

very good orkney!! i did put the springs on first the rears were still a pig to do

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:50 pm

Practice will make perfect. It's really dead easy!

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:57 am

i was all fingers and thumbs and had to concede defiet on the behive springs

You would have found a pair of thin nosed pliers rather useful when dealing with the behive springs.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:42 pm

Most find a waste bin useful for the bee-hive springs.

Post by **les** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:12 pm

I've just bought a set of beehive springs and it looks like the hook end will not reach the backplate when compressed. Compared with an another set, I'm thinking the spring should be a little longer before the hook starts, to enable fitting.

Post by **Axolotl** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:33 pm

You would have found a pair of thin nosed pliers rather useful when dealing with the behive springs

Or a broadish screwdriver with a notch filed in the middle of the end. It goes through the centre of the beehive and the notch centres on the hook, and you just poke it through the shoe and backplate hole, catch the end of the spring, and remove screwdriver, done in a trice.

You can do it with a plain screwdriver, but the notch helps stop it slipping sideways.

Frost restoration sell a specially made tool just like a screwdriver with a notch cut in the end... (It has a shroud to hold the spring, but fingers work too).

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp? ... ostSubcat=