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Wheel Lockup

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datalas:
I always tend to do them the otherway starting at the left then going right.. hey... go figure.

The correct way (apparently) to do any wheel up is to do oposites, which is interesting on a five stud wheel :)  On a landy, you do one, then skip one and do another, that way you always end up doing all 5 :)

hobbit:
Yes that is the usual way I to do this too, but never come across one locking the wheel because of off centering though

At least the problem was easily sorted, no great strip down or part replacement

Kev

 :)  :)  :)

muddyweb:

--- Quote from: "hobbit874" ---Yes that is the usual way I to do this too, but never come across one locking the wheel because of off centering though
--- End quote ---


I don't think the issue here was caused by the wheel being off-centred, it was due to the drum not being square on the wheel studs.  If you tighten one side up too tight, the effect is that the drum gets snagged up and stays crooked.

This means that it won't run properly around the shoes, and also there is a risk of it working its way flat causing the brakes to respond differently and potentially leaving some of the wheel nuts loose.

davidlandy:
Clearly some wise werds from Ian!

nice one :wink:

Guy90:
It was as Tim describes. The drum was not sitting square so neither was the wheel.

I had no idea about doing up the wheel nuts in a certain order. I've always just done them up any old way and never had a problem. But then the brake drum screw was always there and holding the drum square on. What does amaze me is that you can't buy this screw. The ones sold are too big. I have been to Craddocks and we test fitted both types of screw against various hubs dating right though the drum brake era and it doesn't fit any of them. Craddocks admit they have never sold one but have now withdrawn them. The other thing I have learnt is that a Britpart wheel cylinder does not allow the brake shoes to seat straight whereas the Girling is fractionally smaller (and therefore the right size) and does.

All this means that I can go to the LRO show this weekend!

Guy

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