I had an issue develop on the GT6 last week, I was getting a
vibration coming from the nearside rear of the car on braking.
I suspected it maybe a brake drum that had worn oval. On investigation I jacked up that corning of
the car and partially applied the handbrake. On rotating the wheel I found that
the brake was dragging for part of a revolution and free for part, confirming
an issue with the drum.
I ordered a couple of new drums and as luck would have it
already had a set of New Old Stock Lockheed Shoes in my parts stash.
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| New Drums |
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| New Old Stock Brake Shoes from my parts stash |
I spent yesterday evening changing out the drums and shoes,
after a quick test drive I confirmed that the vibration has gone away. Good
news and a fairly quick fix although not cheap, a pair of drums was over £80
with carriage, last time I bought a par it was about 20 quid, however, thinking
about it that was over 25 years ago!
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