f you drum brakes, right in your stupid face!

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 08/19/2013 at 21:21 • Filed to: subaru summer project

0

21

can't get the damned drums back over the new shoes because I'm as dumb as disc brakes apparently

how I feel about my car at the moment

aaaand cut ahead a couple of hours.

Kids are sound asleep, and car is functional.

The issue was springs were mounted in the wrong hole and thus not holding the tension after compressing the piston. Follow my sage advice, always do one side at a time so you have a reference.

However... return of the leaking steering rack... :(

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 21:24

2

You need to press the wheel cylinder and turn the adjusters in.

daender > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 21:28

5

Time to upgrade to discs!

Unwound > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 08/19/2013 at 21:35

0

Yeah make sure the little star adjuster is backed down to it's lowest point, was what thwarted me my first time.

MonkeePuzzle > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 21:35

1

hey thanks internet! so... sacrifice a chicken you say?

MonkeePuzzle > daender 08/19/2013 at 21:36

0

$18 for new shoes... or... yeah sorry I'm stuck with drums on this one :(

MonkeePuzzle > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 08/19/2013 at 21:36

0

yeah, tried both. I've given up, for the moment, and taking some time to vent on the internet, feed kids and put them to bed so I can swear loudly in peace

Destructive Tester > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 08/19/2013 at 21:40

0

What he said... Don't feel bad, the damn adjusters are the bane of most drum brake rookies...

Paul, Man of Mustangs > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 21:41

1

Some people are all like "Oh yeah, drums are super easy. I work on them all the time on semis." But those are air brakes, which are literally just shoes and a cam, and therefore nothing at all like the mass of springs and cables and twisting locks that are adjustable hydraulic drum brakes.

Destructive Tester > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 21:42

0

Don't feel bad, the damn adjusters are the bane of most drum brake rookies.

MonkeePuzzle > Destructive Tester 08/19/2013 at 21:44

0

lol, thats the sad part, I'm no rookie :(

The Transporter > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 21:51

0

A wave of fear and panic runs through me every time I see exposed brake shoes and those *gulp* springs.

CalzoneGolem > MonkeePuzzle 08/19/2013 at 23:05

0

I will always pay someone to wrestle with my drum brakes. I plan to do nothing to my rat rods drums until I upgrade to discs.

Stef Schrader > MonkeePuzzle 08/20/2013 at 02:43

1

Did any trim level of this behemoth ever come with discs?

Dinero in coucho ———> junkyard. Now!

Sparf > MonkeePuzzle 08/20/2013 at 06:10

1

TIL that the Impreza had a trim with drum brakes.

GET STI BRAKES YO!

Destructive Tester > MonkeePuzzle 08/20/2013 at 08:53

0

Don't feel to bad, I once had a disk brake job take 8 hours... Granted it involved replacing two rotors, 4 studs and an unplanned rear axle disassembly (it was the "easy" way to disassemble the rear hub on a Ford floating rear truck axle).

MonkeePuzzle > CalzoneGolem 08/20/2013 at 09:22

1

its not that bad, get in and do em once

MonkeePuzzle > The Transporter 08/20/2013 at 09:22

0

ok, I'll give you taht, the springs were in the end my downfall, but its not like opening a tightly wound clock and everything jumps out :P

The Transporter > MonkeePuzzle 08/20/2013 at 09:34

0

The taking out part is easy, it's trying to put everything back in that's the pain in the ass.

CalzoneGolem > MonkeePuzzle 08/20/2013 at 12:04

0

I have done it. That's how I came to the decision to always pay someone. You can't convince me otherwise!

MonkeePuzzle > CalzoneGolem 08/20/2013 at 12:07

1

last night was about an hour of actual labor, and only $18 in parts. I'm poor

CalzoneGolem > MonkeePuzzle 08/20/2013 at 12:11

0

Looking at all those springs makes me want to stab someone. Jail time is expensive.