306 TD Rear Brakes

Are the back brakes on 306s as variable as the fronts? Friends with them have had all sorts of jollies trying to get the right front brake bits since there were so many different sorts.

cheers, clive

find out how long it will take toorder the various parts depending on make remove your components take them to the supplier tell them to order you the right ones wait fit bed in :)

In message , dojj writes

I was thinking of ordering over the Net, making "taking it to the supplier" a bit of a problem. Supply time not a problem as I have alternative transport.

how will you know you have ordered the correct parts then? i've found out the hard way that you should really pull apart what you need to replace in order to find out which make you need to order in your case it may just be a matter of removing the drums and things are fine, but in some cases the bit's and bobs that go with it don't interconnect when you substitue a bendix for a girling cylinder for example

In message , dojj writes

Well part of my question was "is there a difference?", for all I knew, Bendix and Girling might have been interchangeable. This sounds like I will have to strip one side of the brakes and take a trip to Halfrauds and pay extra for the privilege. At least part of my question has been answered. As part of the service the lip was ground off the drums, so I shouldn't be struggling to take them off, assuming I have a correct sized socket.

Thanks for the answers so far.

Hi, I guess I will have to replace my 306's rear brakes at some point. The Haynes book says that you should replace the hub nuts, ( although mine look as if they have been used at least twice...) it's typical, if you want somthing doing properly do it yourself! Are you sure they need doing, the front pads on mine seem to be lasting very well, it is a light car after all. There does not seem to be a way to check the shoes though. Oh BTW the haynes book also says that you can poke a screwdriver in there to hold the shoes together incase there is a lip on the drum.. Might as well replace drum as well ?

Simon

snipped-for-privacy@lycos.co.uk ( snipped-for-privacy@lycos.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

My local CitFixer just lobs the drums in the lathe to give them a quick clean and remove the lip.

Of course, this presupposes that you have a lathe, but "Every Gentleman should own a Lathe".