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The rear brake drums need a little more TLC than the rear drive shafts, although most of the effort was the removal of superficial rust.
There was sufficient depth on the brake pads for these to be reused. The automatic adjusters were serviceable as were the brake shoe pull off springs.
The back-plate, hand-brake lever and brake drum all needed the surface rust to be removed and to be repainted – again black Hammerite was the finish I chose.
The brake shoe retainers (spring, pin and clip) I have replaced as they can to less that £3 and were too fiddly to rub down and paint. I also replaced the wheel cylinder and the rubber hand-brake boot that covers the hand-brake lever at the rear. The new wheel cylinder comes complete with the cir-clip and bleed nipple so bleeding the system once re-assembled should be straight forward. I’ve also bought a new set of brake pipes from E-bay and a 3-way connector so the braking system should be as good as new once re-assembled. When I had the underside of the car sand-blasted, I was told that there was a fluid leak from the rear brakes. I haven’t found the culprit yet. That’s the second good reason to replace all the hydraulics.
