Phil -
In my 25 years of owning Healeys, this is the first time I have EVER heard
of this. If what they say was true, you would be able to buy new drums from
Moss motors, but as you know you cannot buy new brake drums for these cars -
that's because they don't wear out!
The adjustment bolts on these cars will take up any amount of slack so I'd
say your shop has been sniffing some brake pad vapors.
Phil - what car do you have? Is it a BN1 or a BN2? Or BN4/6? One thing
that is very particular about many of the drum brake healeys is they are
very sensitive to how the brake system is bled. This is what is causing
your problem. The brake system is best bled using an "ezibleed" kit which
pressurizes the brake reservoir and makes sure all air is worked out of the
system. It MUST be bled in the following order:
Left Rear
Right Rear
Left Front
Right Front
If your shop has not bled the brakes in this way, then this is your problem,
not the drums. You can confirm this by getting into your car and pumping
the brake pedal quickly once or twice - if the pressure comes back after
pumping the pedal, this means they have not properly bled the system.
Find a better shop where they know what they are doing, or try to learn how
to do this yourself. Doing brakes on Nissans and Fords is not the same as a
'50s era Healey.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:13 AM, <philritten@aol.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> The shop that was working on my brakes told me that they had adjusted my
> brakes ( 4 wheel drum) out as far as they could, and that the reason the
> pedal won't come all the way to the top is that the drums are worn from 50
> years of use (it's firm and almost all the way to the top). Is that
> possible? They said that drums are often good for only three sets of pads.
> If so, do you eventually have to put a lining in the drum as the drums are
> no longer made? I've never heard that drums could wear out. I thought the
> only way was if they were "turned". I know that in the old (!) days there
> were rivets on the pads which could cause damage.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Phil
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