>> All cars had drums when I was young. They were much less self-adjusting and much
>> more subject to misbehaving slightly as a result of minor wear. They were harder to
>> work on too. So they were neglected even more than brakes are neglected now. Amazing
>> we all survived, those of us who did.
>>
I though the days of, wheels off, strip and clean brakes where long gone but was quite surprised that the major (2yrs) service schedule on daughter's Mitsubishi Colt calls for the rear drums to be removed and cleaned and the pivot points lubricated, with the handbrake being adjusted on reassembly. Seems they do actually do it, too!
A SEAT dealer charged me £100 for doing that after other daughter's Ibiza failed its MOT, although SEAT UK did subsequently refund.
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