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Damian when you say "is to drum off" can you explain please not hear that one thanks Tom

now sorted was advised if their is movement in the shaft keep pumping till their no movement push in /out a few times if movement repeat

good afternoon all just in need of some advice just doing a check on the van before we go away next wk does anyone know if their is a visual sign of the grease coming out of the draw bar as you would when doing a knuckle joint to say that's enough or give it up till no more will fit cheers

Thanks Damian and the solution to fixing the problem is to drum off, reset the shoe and adjust again ? hopefully

out of curiosity what would happen if like i did you rotate the brake drum the wrong way when you are adjusting the brakes ( i noticed because with the hand brake on it wouldn't lock going back wards and the balance bar was not equal ) but what if ?

total in agreement about the dust (y)

i have just traced my steps drum of (did not use a new nut untill all is ok) now just checked the balance bar and is even and remember not to turn the wheel backwards when a setting up the brakes so all should be ok hopefully

o think i did also forgot the cable came loose when cleaning and lube is they only way the is to a just the bar ? with brake on to match the otherside roughly cheers

afternoon all just serviced the alko brakes on my bailey all was going great but now one of them when hand brake is on the it's locking on forward but not on reverse ? is the over run staying but can't see it when i removed the drum again . so noticed that the cable is not a torte as the...

on the Kuga with F/W drive the tyres wear down quicker so the back were not bad and not a Big hit on the pocket that's one of the reasons for buying them .with the 4 on you can feel the difference straight away

total better grip all round but more noticeable when wet . when cornering were I had to back of because you could feel the car starting to slid .no so now at the same speed .

I was recommended to try Michelin crossclimate suv so put two on the front was so impressed with the grip on corning is ten times better the factory fit continentals and wear only on 6k still looking like new also put a pair on rear 6wks ago and it does stick to the floor when...

thanks all for the reply all set up and beer time the battery is a varta 90am s/s it for the kuga. but I will monitor for the next few day got my multimeter the charger is the standard one bailey fitted as we are on hook up so need to worry but the van must have a battery fitted when in use...

cheers John i know i have to reset the battery management sys on the car but as far is i am aware the only difference is the cold cranks ?

evening all just got the van out of storage and the battery has seen better days leaked on the - terminal as we are leaving in the morning will it be ok to use a new deep cycle battery which is meant for my Kuga 90 amp and is for stop/start vehicles will it be any different or cause any...