Rear drum brakes

[learyd]

Just a thought, everyone talks about putting larger drums on their cars. But has anyone put twin leading shoes like the ones on the front onto a modified backplate on the rear of the car? I think it wouldn't be too hard to do ...

[rayofleamington]

opposing shoes are used on the to allow the handbrake to work in both directions (also on modern cars).

[MarkyB]

The rear brakes don't do that much, relative to the fronts, due to weight transfer under braking.

[bmcecosse]

I once fitted a brake pressure limiting valve to the rear brakes on my Mini - and when setting it up with different strength springs - at one point the rear brakes were effectively doing nothing - and the braking was terrible! Minor is a LOT heavier at the rear than a Mini - and has effectively the same size rear brakes - they DO share the braking load, and if not working due to seized cylinders, the effect is very noticeable.As pointed out - the handbrake needs to be able to work in both directions. Twin leading shoes would be fine for braking - but difficult to rig the handbrake mechanism into it! A set of 8" rear drums from a W 1500 make for very effective rear brakes on a Minor - and great handbrake action!