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Actually one thing, to lube or not to lube inside of drum brakes - seen conflicting information on this one... thoughts?

Drum brakes are the devil's work! Just been through this with my last daily runner which was a Skoda Fabia. My daighter's Fiat 500 failed its MOT last week on rear brakes despite a complete breakdown and rebuild. Replacing the pistons is a good call. They are inexpensive, and you'll see tell tale s...

That is a nuisance as the lip, well at least the outer lip is normally 80% build up of corrosion that can be chipped off, wire brushed off, or if you want taken off using an angle grinder - I'd always start with chipping or powered wire brush, and that lip usually only causes issues when taking the...

The MOT station snagged the rear brakes as binding and when they took the drums off, they had about a 2mm lip on them. I said I'd do it as they were going to charge £150 + fitting to change pair. He offered to angle grind the lip off but said he would offer no guarantees it would help. The piston wa...

Hi everyone, Your help on this would be very much appreciated as this one has me stumped. The driver's side rear drum brake binds, but the left side does not. I discovered this when I replaced both rear drums and when I reset the show auto-wear adjustor on both, no matter how I fiddled with it, I en...