Profiles in Vehicle Maintaince: The Accidental Frame Over

1948-1998 50 years of Land Rover

Profiles in Vehicle Maintaince

The Accidental Frame Over, Continued...

If this doesn't have ABS,
why does the brake pedal pulse?

The Brake Job

After leaving the restoration shop, I drove it to another garage, where it awaited further work. The brakes still needed doing, as did most of the accessory electrics, and lots of trim work.

First was the disassembly, and that was revealing. Shown left is an image of a roofing nail used in place of a axle castle nut cotter pin.

The old snail cams looked pretty smooth, I'd received advice both for and against replacing them. Keep the old ones and re-knotch them ? Install a new snail cam adjusting kit ? I decided to get one of the standard replement kits.

Following the snail cams were new wheel cylinders, shoes, springs and drums, but before re-assemblying the rear, the hub seals were leaking. This meant the removal of the rear hubs, dissassembly, re-packing the bearings with grease, re-installation, and setting the bearings.

Bill Caloccia
Cohoes, N.Y.
January 1998

exploded hub view
wheel cylinder
& shoes, springs
hub in place

hub nut a proper cotter pin
new drum fitted


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