[suzooky87]

Hi people, need a hand here................
my hand break want work. there is plenty on the shoes. i already adjusted the cable and still wont work properly, works a bit but not well..................
please help

[zooky08]

Did you adjust it at the handle or did u take your drum of and adjust it with that little cog. I'm always adjusting mine, but still don't work.
I think my cable is stretched

[BAZZOOK]

the automatic adjusters seize up. You need to take off the the drums and free up the adjuster cogs. It's the bar between the 2 shoes at the top of the drum with the notched cog

[suzooky87]

yep........................just finished doing one and i don't feel like doing the other. that was a shit job

[BAZZOOK]

that top spring is a bitch

[suzooky87]

that has got to be one of the worst jobs i have ever had to do for brakes....... DRUMS ARE SHITHOUSE!!!!!

[Jester]

suzooky87 wrote:

yep........................just finished doing one and i don't feel like doing the other. that was a shit job

well theres ya prob, gotta get em both

[royce]

you need to back off all teh extra youve wound into the cable till its well and truly loose.

then adjust the brakes at the drums, this is supposed to be automatic so if its not work out whats seized up

then wind the cable back up so it takes up at a nice spot on the handle, the cable is not for adjusting the effectiveness of the brake, its actually makes it worse

[zooky08]

I'm always adjusting that cog on mine. I have brand new brake shoes and I still don't have a handbrake. Nothing is seized either. What could be wrong? Stretch cable?

[suzooky87]

i have no idea............... drum are a fucking nightmare!!!!!!!!!!

[Scrawny]

Drum brakes are a pita but can be made to work just as well as a disc setup. Do as Royce suggested with the adjusting. Take note of the drum surface and lining surface while you have it apart, if it's been in mud then the shoes may need to be replaced. If the drums are glazed and shiny then get them machined. If you have just fitted new shoes then they may take some time to bed in as more than likely the curve of the drum and shoe don't match so there's really only a small amount of lining touching the drum. Get someone to work the handbrake slowly while the drums are off and make sure both cables are moving properly. If you run out of adjustment on the cable it's possible the cable has stretched.

[zooky08]

The cog is adjusted as much as it can so the drum is a nice fit over the brakes shoes and cable is all the way adjusted aswell. There's a handbrake there for a few days but just ends up with nothing at all when it's right up.

[Jester]

is the ratchet mechanisim not working and releasing, i cant say ive actually looked at jimnys before, but i know that happens on commodores pretty often

[suzooky87]

like i said.......................drums are shit and all i want to do is wine about it.

[royce]

ive owned more cars with 4 wheel drums than 4 wheel discs and nothing is wrong with em, just take the time to learn how they work and sort it out

[suzooky87]

Grrrrr, now i am having trouble with getting air out of the cylinders...... one popped out and leaked out. bled it once going to try again. I really do need to practice this Royce, cos i dont think i will be getting rear discs any time soon.......

[suzooky87]

Ok, all sorted. working better than ever.
how did i do this u ask?
simple, dont spend so much time crying about and just take the whole thing apart and clean the shit out of it. oh and follow this http://www.bigjimny.com/images/document ... _Shoes.pdf XD