Rear brake shoes kit

[dhobbs]

What's required to replace the rear brake shoes on the e85?
In that I mean springs, adjusters etc.

The hanbrake is OK, but at 120k it's about time too.
Plus I do get a sticky handbrake after I clean the wheels. Both rear calipers have been replace and correctly greased.


Any suggestions where to get the springs etc? ECP don't seem to do a fitting kit.

 

[Jl-c]

I am probably preaching to the converted, but is it a sticky handbrake? After you have cleaned the wheels the pads rust to the discs and snatch at the first pull away after cleaning. To clean the handbrake shoes just drive 100 yards or so with the handbrake half on ie. hold the handbrake on with the button pressed in for 10 seconds each time. Will remove any rust from inside the drums. Takes longer to describe than do! Miles on a handbrake is totally immaterial, depends on how much use it has had !

 

[mmm-five]

If mine's been washed or is just wet - and I can't drive it enough to dry it off - I just leave it in gear with the handbrake off, then I don't have to boot the throttle to get the car moving.

Don't think mine was pads, as leaving the handbrake off cured it.

 

[dhobbs]

I don't tend to drive the car straight after cleaning, but usually the next day though. Seems to be happening more often now.
I have got an air blower but that hasn't fixed it either, hence why I think it's the shoes or maybe one of the links that the air blower can't get to.
I was thinking one of the points may be caked in brake dust and needs lubricating/cleaning. If I have the disc off I may as well replace the shoes and springs.

This has never happened on any other car I've owned but then again I've never cleaned any other car as much as this one.

 

[PDJ]

Auto doc have a hand brake fitting kit for £10

 

[colb]

Important bits to check are the spring retaining pins that hold the shoes to the disc backplate, holes rust out and the pins fall out, unlikely that the main springs on the shoes would need replacing. It's worth taking the adjusters out and unscrewing them and adding a dab of copper grease to the threads on them so they don't seize in future.