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| Rear Brake Work, Toyota Starlet 1984 GL [message #782012] |
Sun, 23 July 2006 03:30 |
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Hi I'm completely new to car maintenance; I have a computer geek
background, but have just read "Zen and the art of motorcycle
maintenance" and am inspired to learn.
I want to get a 1984 Toyota Starlet on the road, I took it to a garage
to get it certified and this is what it needs,
>From mechanics notes;
L\Rear Wheel Binding (can someone tell me what this is)
L\Rear Wheel leaking brake fluid, (I'm just about to go out side and
see if I can see a cause for this, any advice)
Thanks heaps
Tim
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| Re: Rear Brake Work, Toyota Starlet 1984 GL [message #782023 ] |
Sun, 23 July 2006 08:40 |
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Ok so I took a look at the rear brake drum, I was able to remove it
fine, and it looks like there is enough meat on the brake shoes,
however the drum is leaking, but the leak looks to be comming from the
center of the drumb, ie the axel, could it be the inner breaing? i dont
know like I say Im new... but the problem is that the bit that the
wheel attaches the bit with the four nuts doesnt come of, I can see
anyway of getting it of at least, has anyone come accross such a
problem before ?
thanks
Tim
field.tim [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Hi I'm completely new to car maintenance; I have a computer geek
> background, but have just read "Zen and the art of motorcycle
> maintenance" and am inspired to learn.
>
> I want to get a 1984 Toyota Starlet on the road, I took it to a garage
> to get it certified and this is what it needs,
>
> >From mechanics notes;
>
> L\Rear Wheel Binding (can someone tell me what this is)
> L\Rear Wheel leaking brake fluid, (I'm just about to go out side and
> see if I can see a cause for this, any advice)
>
> Thanks heaps
> Tim
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| Re: Rear Brake Work, Toyota Starlet 1984 GL [message #782024 ] |
Sun, 23 July 2006 08:45 |
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sorry that should be "I can't see anyway of getting it off"
field.... [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Ok so I took a look at the rear brake drum, I was able to remove it
> fine, and it looks like there is enough meat on the brake shoes,
> however the drum is leaking, but the leak looks to be comming from the
> center of the drumb, ie the axel, could it be the inner breaing? i dont
> know like I say Im new... but the problem is that the bit that the
> wheel attaches the bit with the four nuts doesnt come of, I can see
> anyway of getting it of at least, has anyone come accross such a
> problem before ?
>
> thanks
> Tim
>
>
> field.tim [at] gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi I'm completely new to car maintenance; I have a computer geek
> > background, but have just read "Zen and the art of motorcycle
> > maintenance" and am inspired to learn.
> >
> > I want to get a 1984 Toyota Starlet on the road, I took it to a garage
> > to get it certified and this is what it needs,
> >
> > >From mechanics notes;
> >
> > L\Rear Wheel Binding (can someone tell me what this is)
> > L\Rear Wheel leaking brake fluid, (I'm just about to go out side and
> > see if I can see a cause for this, any advice)
> >
> > Thanks heaps
> > Tim
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| Re: Rear Brake Work, Toyota Starlet 1984 GL [message #782025 ] |
Sun, 23 July 2006 14:25 |
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field.tim [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Ok so I took a look at the rear brake drum, I was able to remove it
> fine, and it looks like there is enough meat on the brake shoes,
> however the drum is leaking, but the leak looks to be comming from the
> center of the drumb, ie the axel, could it be the inner breaing?
It could also be your 0.20 blood alcohol level -- drum, drumb, axel,
breaing.
Drums don't leak, and front wheel drive cars axles don't leak, unless
the car sat unused for so long that the wheel bearing grease separated.
The most likely source of the leak is the brake wheel cylinder,
located at the top. You can usually rebuild it, but if you're new at
this replace it with lifetime-warranted one. Don't spill brake fluid
on any paint because it dissolves it quickly. And don't press the
brake pedal all the way to the floor to bleed the brakes or you'll need
a new master cylinder; press the pedal only 1" or less.
The wheel that's binding could have a brake shoe that overadjusted
because of a stuck self-adjuster.
> i dont know like I say Im new...
> but the problem is that the bit that the wheel attaches the bit
> with the four nuts doesnt come of, I can see anyway of getting
> it of at least, has anyone come accross such a problem before ?
Do you mean using one noun to refer to multiple objects - "the bit that
the wheel attaches the bit with the four nuts..."? Yes. A drum brake
consists of a big thing that attaches to everything, including the
things, the things, the thing at the top, the thing at the bottom, and
the thing that goes over them.
> I'm completely new to car maintenance; I have a computer geek
> background, but have just read "Zen and the art of motorcycle
> maintenance" and am inspired to learn.
It would be much better to read How To Keep Your Toyota Alive and also
have access to the factory or Mitchell book specific to your 1984
Starlet GL. Other manuals, like Haynes and Chilton's, can be
misleading if you're new at car repair. Also remember that most
manuals provide only one diagram for both drum brakes, and the other
brake is its mirror image. With many cars it's possible to install
drum brake parts backwards, resulting in one brake giving noticably
less stopping power than the other.
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