Thieving mechanic

bigjl

Seriously?

You had the entire drum apart and then put it back together again?

Changing shoes is not that hard once you are at that stage.

bigjl

arcon5 wrote: »

Stripping the drum?
By which you mean sliding it off its stub axle. Not really 'stripping' anything is it. In fact it is less bolts than taking a wheel off. Maybe a single center bolt, maybe a couple retaining screws, may be nothing at all... Compared to 4 or 5 wheel nuts.

So yes it was a stupid question. Most people can open a bonnet, doesn't mean they know how to repair an engine!
You can use your eyes to inspect a brake shoe without feeling confident enough to dismantle everything, especially since there are a fair few parts to assemble in a drum brake setup

Yawn.


Once you have the drum off the job is 90% done.

There is nothing complicated.

So you think it is likely that somebody would strip a drum down, decide that they can't do a job.

Get a person to do the job on mates rates.

Then afterwards strip the drum down again to check if the shoes were changed.

Do you want to buy a Unicorn horn????

parking_question_chap

Why did your dad suggest using this bloke?

cheapman1

bigjl wrote: »

Seriously?

You had the entire drum apart and then put it back together again?

Changing shoes is not that hard once you are at that stage.

I removed the drum (which to me is the easy part) and after doing so, the system is almost entirely visible for inspection. That is all. No fiddling around with the innards as you suspect.

Arcon's analogy of the car bonnet Is very appropriate In describing this scenario.

Parking_Question_chap - The man had completed some work on one of our cars previously and to our knowledge It was fine.

bigjl

cheapman1 wrote: »

I removed the drum (which to me is the easy part) and after doing so, the system is almost entirely visible for inspection. That is all. No fiddling around with the innards as you suspect.

Arcon's analogy of the car bonnet Is very appropriate In describing this scenario.

Parking_Question_chap - The man had completed some work on one of our cars previously and to our knowledge It was fine.

Fiddling about with the innards?

You said you took the wheel off, then the drum off.

But then put it back together without swapping the shoes when you have done most of the work

Makes no sense

Once the drum is off there is nothing else to strip, it's all visible.

cheapman1

Yes, I didn't fiddle with the Innards.

1. Removed drum
2. Inspected
3. Replaced Drum

Whilst swapping shoes may be easy for you, I didn't know where to start. Myself and a friend had attempted previously but gave up due lack of tools, guidance and experience.

molerat

Usually a pair of pliers and a chunky screwdriver is all that is needed for shoe changing.

My last 2 cars never had the shoes changed in 11 and 10 years from new.

Norman_Castle

Taking a few photographs could be helpful so you know exactly where the springs go.

AdrianC

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Taking a few photographs could be helpful so you know exactly where the springs go.

Or just doing one side at a time, so you can refer to the other side.

molerat

AdrianC wrote: »

Or just doing one side at a time, so you can refer to the other side.

Or park next to a big mirror and peep round the back bumper, you can then see exactly how it goes back together