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Rear brake shoes

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:20 am
by Mark B
I bought a set of rear brake shoes in my local motor factors for my MPI , it turns out that they are for a Metro, are metro brake drums lar
ger in diameter as they won't fit my car?

Mark

Re: Rear brake shoes

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:14 pm
by woody
According to the Hynes manuals all rear drums are 7". Blackseven was sold a set of "rear" shoes for his MPi that were in fact front shoes for an early mini, same diameter but wider., could be a missprint somewhere. Zakgt had a set on his car that instead of an obvious trailing edge the liner was in the middle of the shoe.

Re: Rear brake shoes

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:58 pm
by Mark B
They did fit after all, dopey me forgot to move the adjusters out, thanks for the reply Woody.

Mark

Re: Rear brake shoes

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:08 pm
by kerryminigringo
I got a set recently with the friction material also in the middle and no obvious trailing edge9as if it was not hard enough to remember which way to fit them)

Re: Rear brake shoes

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:33 pm
by macker
Mark B wrote:They did fit after all, dopey me forgot to move the adjusters out, thanks for the reply Woody.

Mark
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