Came to do my rear brakes yesterday as the chap that sold me the car 
had let them wear down a fair bit.
So, a hub puller, lump mallet and two crowbars later, I managed to get one side off. Everything about this car is backwards - it seems there is no adjustment possible to back off the shoes from the outside - crackers!
Anyway, after a few hours of bashing they came off, with the wheel bearing disintegrating in the process
. A trip to the local scrapyards turned up nothing so it was off to the motor factors to be relieved of £40 for a new one.
Changing the handbrake cable was also a ridiculous amount of effort involving removing the exhaust heatshields and a lot of swearing. In the process, I managed to send my brakeless car through a neighbour's fence, damaging my rear bumper :'( Not *too* bad though, I suppose.
To top off the joys of the past 2 days, I have a buckled alloy to sort out, a completely gnarled up electric window motor and a really bad case of sunburn!
Damn cars!!
had let them wear down a fair bit.So, a hub puller, lump mallet and two crowbars later, I managed to get one side off. Everything about this car is backwards - it seems there is no adjustment possible to back off the shoes from the outside - crackers!
Anyway, after a few hours of bashing they came off, with the wheel bearing disintegrating in the process
. A trip to the local scrapyards turned up nothing so it was off to the motor factors to be relieved of £40 for a new one.Changing the handbrake cable was also a ridiculous amount of effort involving removing the exhaust heatshields and a lot of swearing. In the process, I managed to send my brakeless car through a neighbour's fence, damaging my rear bumper :'( Not *too* bad though, I suppose.
To top off the joys of the past 2 days, I have a buckled alloy to sort out, a completely gnarled up electric window motor and a really bad case of sunburn!
Damn cars!!
I tried to put the knackered bearing back together in a press but even with a long bar, it was staying apart for good.