daver clasper Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Hi. Current brake drums have been on car since I bought it 4 years ago and both have some scoring and a lip on the outer edge through general wear. Has always passed Mot with "very good brakes". I have just bought some second hand ones, off Ebay, cheap, as I thought, handy for spares, as use the car a fair bit. They look to be a matched pair, due to the same level of rust on the outside surface. One is really good, with even braking surface, tother, is a bit more uneven and a slight lip, (maybe a couple of thou), though from memory not a bad as my current ones. Wondering, what the real world analysis, (from description),of serviceability, would be from you experienced folk, please. Thanks, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Just turn them on a lathe and take just that little off that would make the inside clean and smooth. You could have done that with the old brake drums too 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver clasper Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Thanks, but, I'm all out of lathes just at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 yeh and it needs to be a pretty big one, ideally with a special mandrel to mount the drum on! Unfortunately cast iron, apparently, has a habit of distorting over time (internally stresses from the casting process?) so its quite common for drums to go oval. I had mine machined recently at a local engineering shop and they did the best they could but without the mandrel it was difficult to guarantee concentricity however there was definitely an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 if youre not impressed with used Canley list new at a good price 210578 @ around £24 thats each and if you need the mk2 handbrake spreader bars the stag ones are exactly the same but have a + 1/2" on the cable lever makes a nice handbrake and cheaper than any 2000 ones about Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Youre lucky, the smaller Vitesse/GT6 items are 44 pounds each which I can never understand!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver clasper Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 They are for Vitesse and are £44 each from Canley. The pair I bought were £17 delivered and appear better than my existing ones, so hopefully ok. Thanks, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Sorry techy and 2000 all misplaced on this daft tablet and the layout here now does make some confusion. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 why not try to get em skimmed Dave? Any half decent shop should be able to do it especially if you take along a hub with studs and wheel nuts. Just mount the drum the reverse way round on the hub and they should be able to hold it in the chuck to guarantee itll run true on the car. Cost me 20 pounds the pair and that was doing it the difficult way without a hub...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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