Monday, 28 July 2008

Even the bloody brakes are rusty






Nearly there, the chassis is all cleaned and painted, so now the brakes are being stripped, checked, cleaned and rebuilt one by one. It took half a day just to get the bloody wheel nuts off, even with scaffolding for levers. Here's the joy that I found once I'd got the wheels off -


Basically the entire outer surface of the drum has flaked away, and the thing is a mess. Luckily the shoes were ok and the cylinders and seals in good nick so a good clean was all that was needed at this stage.


Here's the drum after cleaning and repainting.








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