[Healeys] Rear brakes locking up

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 15:38:58 MST 2008


Jorge -

Sounds like they need to be adjusted, just back them off a bit by
adjusting the shoes away from the drum.  The process is in the shop
manual, very simple.

Alan



On 3/5/08, Jorge Garcia <fortee9er at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The rear brakes on my BJ8 lock rather easily. I can
> hear the rear drum brakes squeal and lock up from at
> 25-35 mph when I am stopping at a STOP in the
> neighborhood. I have checked the rear brake shoes and
> they are not worn. What could be causing the premature
> locking of the rear brakes?
> Thanks
> Jorge Garcia
> 1965 BJ8
>
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Alan

'52 A90
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