DIY fail with the Twingo today

"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian) 12/06/2018 at 10:01 • Filed to: diy, merci twingo, twingo

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A friend came over ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) to help me work on the brakes on the Twingo. We couldn’t get the drum off.

In the process we even broke a file in 3 pieces. We tried hammering the drum cover , using a crowbar, undoing a rubber seal in the back and slamming it from the inside, but the thing wouldn’t budge.

I need to get the extractor tool thingy , like this one pictured below, we had absolutely no problems last time when using one of those. The new brake cylinder will have to wait on the shelf a bit longer...

What did you fail at recently, Oppo?

punkgoose17 > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/06/2018 at 10:19

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I’ve had this same fail this past September. I also broke one of the wheel studs with a hammer. I see your wheels have bolts, so you don’t have to worry about breaking those with the hammer .

Aremmes > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/06/2018 at 11:01

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Does the drum have any means to retract the shoes? Quite likely the drums have developed a flange around the edge that catches on the shoes, preventing their removal. Usually this comes in the form of a hole on either the drum or the back plate through which you can fit a tool and turn it to pull the shoes in.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/06/2018 at 12:21

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Sorry if this comes across as patronising, but you took off the hub nut right? The wheel bearing is integral to the drum on these I believe so the hub nut has to come off. Unlike a lot of cars where they just have a screw and the drum comes straight off.

Khalbali > Aremmes 12/07/2018 at 20:03

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Yeah the rubber seal he mentioned on the back is probably the cover to get at the star wheel. 

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Aremmes 12/10/2018 at 03:43

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Yep, you were right. But first we forgot to take off the hub nut. Oops. Live and learn.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/10/2018 at 03:47

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You were correct! Yesterday we used an extractor tool, and started pulling and managed to get some movement. Then I remembered your comment and told my friend that we’re supposed to undo the hub nut. We did and then had no problems with the drum removal!

However, when using the extractor BEFORE we took the hub nut off, I think we broke the wheel bearing. It stayed on the hub and the rest of the drum came off. Soooo not great. I have to go get another bearing today and we’ll stamp it back into the drum soon.

For the next fix session we booked a spot at the Rimac factory where we have access to all the tools we could possibly need.

And of course you weren’t patronising, thanks for the tip!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/10/2018 at 03:53

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We all live and learn mate, a big part of getting better as a DIY wrencher is learning from mistakes. I've broken stuff in the past and I'm sure I will in the future haha. 

Aremmes > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/10/2018 at 08:16

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Fortunately it's the kind of oops that one gets to do once at most. :-)