
Re: Front Drum Brakes Going A Bit Weird
The thing with any brakes drum or disc is that the friction material needs to be bedding in,if you use your new brakes really hard from the word go the surface will glaze,hence you will not get the full brake performance as a result. The trick is to treat them gently with nice progressive braking from the go.
Also whilst you have the brakes apart it's a good time to check that no cylinders have sticky pistons,being careful not to eject them right out, also to have a look at the state of your fluid in particular in a system with normal brake fluid. Letting some out of the bleed nipple having pushed the piston right back, is a good indication of the business ends state.If it's shitty then a fluid change is in order...
