Rear brakes refurbished

johnnyb44 · 29th December 2021, 10:21

Hi.
The work on the 75 continues the today with the rear brakes.
I couple of weeks back when I hit the brakes approaching a roundabout ,I heard an horrendous grinding noise from the offside rear brake.Even after taking my foot off the peddle it continued to grind.I stopped immediately and had a good look around but couldn't find anything obvious wrong.Since then though the rear brake has making a slight thumping noise when the peddle was depressed.Some day's it would be much worse than others.
As I've got a few days off over Christmas where I won't need the car for work ,it was time to have a good look a round and get them sorted out.
The pads and discs were in reasonable condition but the shoes used for the handbrake were not so Great. My car is an automatic and for my sins I've rarely use the handbrake over the 10 years of ownership (yes I know I should).
So being curious to know why the shoes had worn so badly on the outside, it turns out that a assembly that holds the brake shoes has rusted away setting the shoes free.So today it's an expensive day of replacement of both discs and pads (might as well do it whilst it's all apart) new handbrake shoes and the backing assembly (don't know what the proper name is) on both sides.

29th December 2021, 10:21	#1
johnnyb44 I really should get out more....... Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: north wales Posts: 2,707 Thanks: 1,774 Thanked 902 Times in 507 Posts	Rear brakes refurbished Hi. The work on the 75 continues the today with the rear brakes. I couple of weeks back when I hit the brakes approaching a roundabout ,I heard an horrendous grinding noise from the offside rear brake.Even after taking my foot off the peddle it continued to grind.I stopped immediately and had a good look around but couldn't find anything obvious wrong.Since then though the rear brake has making a slight thumping noise when the peddle was depressed.Some day's it would be much worse than others. As I've got a few days off over Christmas where I won't need the car for work ,it was time to have a good look a round and get them sorted out. The pads and discs were in reasonable condition but the shoes used for the handbrake were not so Great. My car is an automatic and for my sins I've rarely use the handbrake over the 10 years of ownership (yes I know I should). So being curious to know why the shoes had worn so badly on the outside, it turns out that a assembly that holds the brake shoes has rusted away setting the shoes free.So today it's an expensive day of replacement of both discs and pads (might as well do it whilst it's all apart) new handbrake shoes and the backing assembly (don't know what the proper name is) on both sides. __________________ Replaced pcv filter, springs, plenum spy hole mod,Bonnet cable divider mod. Wax oiled.Air con recharged. Auto box oil changed , Jules plenum guard fitted .Smoked wind deflectors fitted.S/S Compensator.Club Grill Badge kindly donated by Andyg2011..