14.4. (DE)MOUNTING REAR BRAKES

- Set the car on blocks and remove the wheel
- Remove the dust cap of the brake drum
- Tap with a chisel or a nail punch securing the hub nut outwards and remove the nut (size 44). You can renew or replace this nut with one on the other side.
- Set the brake pads back with the adjustable cams. (No. 2)
- Remove the brake drum with a hand puller or two large screwdrivers.
- Remove the spring (No. 7) and the brake lining (No. 6) turning a quarter the bonnet (No. 14) and pressing it. Remove the 2 nuts M7.
- Replace any wheel cylinder loosening the brake hose and two M6 bolts.
- Mount the new brake cylinder in reverse order. Be alert of the type of braking system (LHM or DOT 4) and always use a new rubber pipe hose.
- Secure the screws through the locking plate (8) tapping into it, or use self-locking nuts M7.
- If you mount a new brake lining slant it just a bit at the beginning and the end of the lining, this prevents squeaking and abrupt moving of the brakes.
- Mount the new brake lining and adjust it with the eccentrics (No. 3) and cams (No. 2). The margin between the brake drum and the brake lining must be of 0.2 mm over the entire length.
- Measure the interior length of the drum and make sure that everywhere it is within 0.2 mm. Adjust first the 2 lower eccentrics and then the cams at the top.
- If the adjustment is good, you can set the upper cams again a bit inside so that the drum fits over it.
- Tap the brake drum in its place with a plastic hammer and put the hub nut in firmly.
- Secure the nut with a chisel with some material of the nut into the groove tapping on the shaft.
- Mount the dust cap in the drum to the wheel.
- Now put the cams back outwards so that the lining is free from the drum.

If when driving / breaking the brakes make a squeaking noise or you feel the brake pedal going up and down it may be that the oval drum is worn out. Replacing or turning out the lathe is a solution.

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