Boghopper wrote:Have tried everything today to try and remove the rear drums. They spin freely but will not come off due to the ridge on the inner of the drum. slackening off the handbrake cable does nothing, loosening off the bleed nipple does nothing, levering does nothing, beating with a mallet does nothing. There is a bung on the rear plate but it only allows access to the handbrake cable arm on the shoe, levering this does nothing even with the bleed nipple slackened. The shoes simply won't move past the ridge because the tensioner inside cannot be disengaged. Why did Ford not make a window on the rear to disengage the tensioner, are they that dense or just malicious? All you can lever against is the back plate which is easily damaged if to much force is put upon it and cleverly, to buy off Ford, costs £130.00 (each side). Any ideas? None of this would happen if there was a chamfer machined onto the inner drum so no ridge can build up as wear takes place, but I suppose it would cost Ford an extra 20 pence per drum to do.
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