It seems both rear drums are a little bit oval, giving a slight juddering when the hand brake is applied (at a speed) - With the wheels jacked up off the ground you can feel a bit of stickiness every half rotation - Is it possible to get them turned on a lathe or something ? I know you can get discs re-cut if there's enough metal in them but not sure about drums. Or just stump up for some new ones - which are presumably properly round ? Excellent non-rusty condition otherwise. Presumably as its a mild condition MOT might give an advisory at worst so hopefully not critical.
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Mine do the same, never an issue in the past three MOTs.Header tanks - you can't beat a bit of bling. -
Thanks Wilf, I suspect its always done it and only noticed after fiddling with the rear brakes, fixing leaking slaves and getting the adjusters working properly etc. etc. Just a thought on re- cutting them and if anyone had done that.Comment
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Funny how you can feel the pulsations through the handbrake, but not when you use the footbrake.Header tanks - you can't beat a bit of bling.Comment
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Had a similar issue with my herald, so put a new set of drums on and improved the brakes no end!
The original drums also looked fine but when you examined them closely, you could see grab marks on the drum surface.
If the drums aren't too worn, they could be skimmed by a good engineering shop or a man with a bigish lathe.
Have fun and don't stress too much,
Dave.Comment
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I had mine skimmed by a friend who used to have a large lathe. They have done 60,000 miles since and are still ok.
PeteComment
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Yes you can but there is a maximum diameter they can be turned to. Any machine shop or auto reconditioner should be able to do them.
Cheers Ian AComment
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