Warming up the engine in the sun

noticed that the throttle cable wasn't fully returning, fixed it and it idles more sensibly now

ready for brake attention

drivers side drum, full of diff oil

grubby brakes

I had the car on it's side a few years back to do welding and the diff oil flowed out all over the rear wheel

which then set like araldite.

which in turn made the hub nut a real pain to get off

halfshaft out

normal thread on this side

but it was stuck solid

lever bars and cut down sockets didn't help

So chopped as much off as I could with the grinder

which let me take it off.

then had to pull the hub off

sorted.

cleaned up a bit

I took it all apart so I could replace the rear cylinders without skinning all my knuckles.

annoyingly, I managed to bend a stud when using the puller, so needed to press out the old ones

Using an oversize socket

fitting the new cylinder - I would never have got this on if the backing plate was on the car

looking better already

Pressing in new studs

as far as they will go.

new hardware

and a massive custom made spanner.

Designed so it can be smacked with a big hammer.

back together

Passenger side - came off without any force at all.

hub popped off

much cleaner than the other side

took about ten minutes to get to this point

old piston, a bit rusty

on stands

on stands

One tipp is to drill and tap the small hole that the roll pin fits in to make the fitment more secure.

I'm practicing on the old ones first!

home brew reverse bleeding kit!

seems to work

bonnet back on

ready to go for a brake test drive

popped into a local car show for half an hour :)