Series 3 Will garage workers loosen my nuts!

Madmustang said:

Why not buy your own Impact Wrench with the money
http://www.clarketools.net/clarke-1...J51_FHssJRZj6-Pte91ackMCz6YnRt0-yeRoC3Vfw_wcB

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Or hire one ...

Dippypud said:

Or hire one ...

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Thats like paying rent on your house

Just out of interest , I've taken all of the other tyres off in the past , am I right in recalling that I should be turning them anti clockwise?

Im in south Birmingham , Bournville area .

I doubt a impact wrench will crack them if you've had a breaker bar on them

If your near me I'll do it

I won't be doing it then lol

neilcmusic said:

Just out of interest , I've taken all of the other tyres off in the past , am I right in recalling that I should be turning them anti clockwise?

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WTF! You have me in doubt now

neilly said:

What do you expect them to use that you have not already tried?

Cheers

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3/4" or 1" air impact gun. Seriously hefty torque from them, got a few in work we use for pulling off propshaft nuts (on commercial boats, not cars)

neilcmusic said:

Just out of interest , I've taken all of the other tyres off in the past , am I right in recalling that I should be turning them anti clockwise?

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On older landrovers, it was recommended to rotate the wheels at intervals, to equalise tyre wear.
As far as I know, this practice is not widely used now.
If you want to do it, or are experiencing widely different tyre wear, it should do no harm, but do check carefully that you dont have rotational tyres. If you do, they must be fitted on the correct sides of the vehicle, so that they rotate in the direction the manufacturer stated.

All sorted , ATS did it for me for nowt , took them 2 minutes but I gave him a fiver for his trouble , now onto the wheel cylinder , no surprises I hope !

Had a great deal of trouble getting the hub off , when it came off I discovered that the little peg on the shoe that is adjusted be the snail bolt had come off ,was rattling abound in the hub . I have put the hub back on the new wheel cylinder and all seems well , I've bled the system and it seems good , should I be concerned that peg is now missing , I can't adjust them but they do seem to be fine , free wheeling until brake applied.

notenoughtime said:

I doubt a impact wrench will crack them if you've had a breaker bar on them

If your near me I'll do it

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Seriously? What sort of impact gun have you been using?

A shìt one with 8" of springy extension before the socket with a carp UJ thrown in for good measure

"should I be concerned that peg is now missing" = yes, as you won't be able to adjust that shoe. On new shoes, there is very little adjustment needed, but they do wear down. I also had a brake shoe with a very loose peg - perhaps they are not using such a good grade of cheese nowadays?

OK , ive opened it up and replaced the peg , however peg isn't touching snail adjuster at all this query may solve my problem , the top spring is as pictured , does it go on the back of both shoes or does it go on one shoe (left) and hook on to a peg on the back plate at the right side .If you look at diagram that I found on titernet it says on back of both shoes at top

It goes from the front [leading ]shoe to the peg on the backplate holding it against the adjuster,the rear [trailing] shoe is only held in place by the lower spring that links the two shoes

On reading this I was going to say take it to the local tyre bay and ask them to check a possible slow puncture on that wheel.

tottot said:

It goes from the front [leading ]shoe to the peg on the backplate holding it against the adjuster,the rear [trailing] shoe is only held in place by the lower spring that links the two shoes

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Thats exactly what I've done , however do you know why the peg now doesn't touch the adjuster ? I'm assuming putting the spring on the wrong way around wouldnt make any difference ? It's a good 3mm away .

Can you squeeze the brake cylinder pistons in and see if shoe then comes back against the adjuster.
If not take the shoe off again and post a picture of the adjuster, LWB adjusters are smaller than SWB.

I'll have a look when I can thanks , just a thought , could I have put the spring on the wrong way around , the spring is as below , currently I have it with the long part hooked to the shoe and the shorter part onto the backplate, just wondered if the other way around would pull the shoe further in and therefore touch the adjuster

Not sure if it's front / rear / SWB / LWB you have so;