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samfieldhouse
Firing on two.
Joined: February 11th, 2009, 12:32 am
Posts: 3324
Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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 AK/ Ami 6 big drums and brake cylinders. How easy is it to change a brake cylinder?
Car is pulling to the left under braking with grinding from the right under hard braking and loosing a small amount of fluid. I presume this indicates fluid on right hand front drum?
So an easy fix?
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| September 17th, 2015, 3:37 pm |
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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Re: AK/ Ami 6 big drums and brake cylinders. Sam, when brake shoes have been contaminated with brake fluid, they need to be replaced, with 'best practice' requiring that the shoes on the other side are also replaced.
I usually go for the full package, so both slave cylinders as well...
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| September 17th, 2015, 4:54 pm |
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lpgo
Firing on 1-2 Spark
Joined: November 8th, 2009, 5:42 pm
Posts: 2847
Location: NL
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Re: AK/ Ami 6 big drums and brake cylinders. Old Ami 6 or AK350 are really pain in the ass.. (The ones which drums are fixated with 4 nuts) You can't take the driveshafts of (like the newer drummers with sixs bolts/nuts) so you need to work around the driveshafts liturrally...
What I mostly do is take the the outer driveshaftout of the car
Then you can take of the drum. take the old brakeshoes out and.brakecilinder.
Put in the new shoes hook them together with the spring already, then put the handbrake on as far as you can (tighten the nut of the handbrake adjustment as far as you can).
now you can put in the new cilinder, line the shoes up to the drum and of you go...
Goodluck
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| September 17th, 2015, 8:28 pm |
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samfieldhouse
Firing on two.
Joined: February 11th, 2009, 12:32 am
Posts: 3324
Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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Re: AK/ Ami 6 big drums and brake cylinders. There's added ass pain due to the chassis reservoir on the opposite side which makes me less inclined to do both (sorry Ken)  Will see what the prognosis is tomorrow...
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| September 17th, 2015, 10:16 pm |
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lpgo
Firing on 1-2 Spark
Joined: November 8th, 2009, 5:42 pm
Posts: 2847
Location: NL
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Re: AK/ Ami 6 big drums and brake cylinders. Please do as uncle Ken tells you;
put at least new brakeshoes on both sides;
otherwise it will never brake in a straight line...
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| September 17th, 2015, 10:26 pm |
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Jono
Firing on two.
Joined: December 8th, 2008, 5:58 pm
Posts: 1404
Location: Near Matlock, Derbyshire
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Re: AK/ Ami 6 big drums and brake cylinders. Acadiane for Holland, Sam?
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