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[LandCasco]

Change hub seals.  Refit all new brakes shoes

Some chat to the inner piece

[nathanglasgow]

If you pop the top spring the other way round the 'fat' bit will not foul the adjuster

[Wittsend]

This is how the top brake pull-off spring should be fitted - yours ^^^ needs reversing.




 

[oddjob]

And had a response.  S2 mushroom knobs now available on the website.

Paul

Totally recommended. Did 500 miles in my wobbly knob equipped Series2 at the weekend and it added 10 mpg, increased the top speed and improved the whole gear changing experience into something like a scene from Fast and Furious.

Looks cool too.

 

[Craig T]

If that is a rear brake, prop shaft to the right of the photo, damper at the front of the axle, then the brake retaining plate at the bottom of the two shoes is attached to the wrong brake shoe as well. It needs to be screwed onto the rear most brake shoe on all four corners.

Craig.

[diffwhine]

Could be a problem on those shoes... I don"t see any holes for the retaining fixings. If you swap the shoes round, the adjuster pin will be in the wrong place. The holes for the trailing shoe anchor plate should be on the shoe which does not have the adjuster pin. What does it look like on the opposite hub?

Maybe drill and tap new fixing holes on the trailing shoe using the anchor retaining plate as a guide?

[Genem]

A Half-Tonner doing some weight-lifting...

[rustynuts]

I think I can beat that, but have no photo. I loaded up with 24 concrete blocks and some sand. By my calculation it was close to the 454Kg weight limit quoted in the spec sheet that someone posted here some time back. I was surprised that it still pulled well, was stable and didn't feel under braked. The springs were just about flat though, and the speed bumps in the town centre were a lot smoother.

[g6anz]

I loaded mine with a similar amount of bricks and sand, when the loading was finished the guy in charge said ' still room for a bale of hay and a sheep'

[LandCasco]

Thanks for the brakes advice guys.  I will correct my mistakes sorthy

[Bonnet-rouge]

Kept getting notifications on mobile about movement in garage , it was this beast a bat , left doors open all day and most of evening hopefully it’s gone ..

[Genem]

^^^^ Nah, it'll be back with 314 friends, looking for somewhere to spend the winter :-)

[Wall2Wall]

Posted elsewhere, but this is my S2 at work today.

[Genem]

A big thanks to Royal Mail. The "relief" postie was out here this morning with the normal post. Back again 2 hours later with a parcel for me - he thought it was parts for the Landrover ( it was) and "brought it out because we are on strike till Monday, I thought you'd need it". 

     

[Peter Holden]

Well yesterday but I forgot to post last night.

Having given the springs a good workout whilst green laning at the weekend I have given them a good dose of "Duck Oil".  I will repeat a few times over the next few days.

I also ordered seals and gaskets in preparation for work on the rear axle to remove the excess play


Peter