{"id":226,"date":"2015-01-07T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2015-01-13T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T11:05:55","slug":"c303-front-brake-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/uncategorized\/c303-front-brake-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"C303 Front brake overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having not dealt with drum brakes before this is all a bit new but how hard can it be?<\/p>\n

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2 of 3\/8 -24UNF bolts in the drum pull it off. \u00a0would have been good to slack of the pads first, but it works anyway.<\/p>\n

Managed to lift the pads out off the cylinders which allowed me to get at \u00a0the smaller springs that go from pad to pad. \u00a0Recording here they go back in the middle hole. \u00a0With those off the larger springs become accessible, those that go from the hub to the pad. \u00a0Got them off too<\/p>\n

Does anyone know what the breather pipe is for? \u00a0Seems pointless.<\/p>\n

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small pipe below the brake adjuster bolt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now a quick wash<\/p>\n

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\"Cleaned<\/a>
Cleaned up, painted and 2 new brake cylinders installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pads on. The book only has the main spring, I had a second spring per pad. Are they needed. Hope not<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Brake<\/a>
Brake drum gets a coat of copper grease on the rim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Brake drum on. Finished<\/figcaption><\/figure> (8602)<\/p>\n
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Having not dealt with drum brakes before this is all a bit new but how hard can it be?   2 of 3\/8 -24UNF bolts in the drum pull it off. \u00a0would have been good to slack of the pads first, but it works anyway. Managed to lift the pads out off the cylinders which … Continue reading C303 Front brake overhaul<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c303","category-tgb13","category-uncategorized","tag-c303"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pearman.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}