Rear discs on a FL1

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Not much point in having rear discs on the FL1. It doesn't suffer brake fade in normal circumstances and has a better HB as a result in having rear drums. It could do with larger front discs though.
 
Meeeeee. I posted on here all about it and there's some stuff on my Muddy Mods Facebook page
As nodge said though they're pretty good standard. Most problems seem to stem from people not being able to make the rears work properly.
 
Diesel Do said:
Meeeeee. I posted on here all about it and there's some stuff on my Muddy Mods Facebook page
As nodge said though they're pretty good standard. Most problems seem to stem from people not being able to make the rears work properly.
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Somebody must have done a thread on how to adjust the drums so they work?
 
I've never looked tbh. There was a great thread about auto adjusters. When I sorted mine it was a full strip down. Remove the handbrake mechanism and free it off in a vice. Rebuild with decent shoes. Undo handbrake adjuster. Set shoes properly. Then adjust handbrake.
 
I think a big problem is people are scared of shoes. So they don't strip them fully and never get to the bottom of the problem. The handbrake on my black one is brilliant. When I got it it was shocking. Also they don't understand how to set them up once they're fixed. Unfortunately it seems to apply to some garages too.
 
Diesel Do said:
I think a big problem is people are scared of shoes. So they don't strip them fully and never get to the bottom of the problem. The handbrake on my black one is brilliant. When I got it it was shocking. Also they don't understand how to set them up once they're fixed. Unfortunately it seems to apply to some garages too.
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You are probably right DD. In actually fact, getting the rear shoes set up correctly isn't that difficult.
I find that the shoes often can't slip freely on the back plate. This is the main cause of a poor HB.
 
Nodge68 said:
You are probably right DD. In actually fact, getting the rear shoes set up correctly isn't that difficult.
I find that the shoes often can't slip freely on the back plate. This is the main cause of a poor HB.
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Plus the handbrake mechanism that physically spreads the shoes, ive found a few of those that are seized solid. That's what stopped my black one working. You can free it off and lube it easily enough but not on the car
 
I sorted poor handbrake on mine by taking them off and refitting correctly with new shoes. More than one person here has made the assumption that the old shoes were fitted correctly before starting so they ended up repeating the same fault as the previous owner.
As for adjusting I used a grinder with a flap wheel to take the lip off the old drums, then adjusted the new shoes so that I could just about get the drums on but the wheel could still turn freely. They didn't need any more adjustment. :)
 
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