Recent content by Guzgog

I had the same problem and was advised by the helpful people on here to adjust as per manual and look for any springs missing which I did and was a spring missing from the top shoe and after adjusting it is now fine even though I am still a spring short and awaiting delivery.:-D

Thanks for the pointers and I have adjusted the brake as best I can and it now clears the drum by .4mm but I do have a spring missing from the outer shoe adjuster at the top and so have ordered a set of three springs.

After looking again at the TM I think I am beginning to understand how to adjust it and so will print off and set off to look at it after tea. I do have a feeling that I may be one spring short as I have only seen two not three as there should be but I am pretty sure it is not adjusted to proper...

Thank you for the reply. I am reading the TM again now and think I may just take the assembly apart and print the relevent pages of the TM off and start afresh as per the TM so I get to understand the parking brake properly as I have never come across one with the inner and outer shoes before.

Hello from the UK. I ought to introduce myself as a newbie but have been reading up for quite a while and bought a M35A2 last November and am really enjoying it here in the UK even though I had never driven anything quite like it before. I have a small problem with my park brake in that the...