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I'm doing the rear brakes on my 89 hatch and i can't get the drum back on....even with out the adjuster in....any ideas?????? >:(

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I had that problem.. what exactly is holding it back? I just kicked mine until it went back on ;)

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I can't figure out whats stopping it from goin on

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rust hit that ---- with a wire brush

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it seems like the pads are to far out....but even with nothing inside pushing it out it won't go on

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Take off the pads, stick them back on, make sure everything lines up right, and try it out then.

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make sure the bottoms of the shoes are seated in the gap at the bottom, idiots at my work have this problem all day long, if that dont do it, crack the 8mm bleeder open on the wheel cylinder and push the shoes together, make sure the adjuster itself is seated properly. to where the spring is actually pulling the shoes together.

if none of this works, then you could have gotten a rare set of shoes that actually carry the secondary and primary shoe, the primary is the larger shoe area of the 2, the primary to the rear, secondary to the front. :)


http://67.172.163.179/brakez.jpg

the primary goes to the e-brake controller.

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oh yeah, are you using new drums or old ones ? make sure you turn(machined) the drums if there are grooves, costs 6 bux at pepboys. if they are new spray some brake cleaener on it and get all the factory sealant glue/protectant off it.

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i take it you got it now, cuz your asking about bleeding

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best blueprint ever

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Crazy. I'm in the process of doing mine as well (89 Hatch).

First time I ever pulled drums, I couldn't get them back on because I had the parking brake on, duh.

Then I replaced the pads and didn't have the bottoms lined up right. After I fixed that, they still wouldn't go on! Loosened the bleed screw and you can compress the pads a little by pushing the wheel cylinder (top center) together. From there, drum should slide back on. Need to adjust the clevis pin and you're good to go.

If you're like me though, the whole fucker was rusted to ---- and when I pulled the pads off one side, the adjuster lever was missing and the spring was broke. Ordered them from Honda and then when I went to bleed the system, the bleed screw broke off. So I got an EZ Out tool and broke that off from what remained of the bleed screw. So I took the wheel cylinder off to drill out the bleed screw and broke off the brake line...

I ended up ordering a new lever, spring, bleed screw, wheel cylinder and brake line... ----.

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I started asking about bleeding cause i went out and bought new drumas and thoguht they woudld go right on but they aren't...i'm getting so pissed with this...everything is new now ....ZC EF>>>great diagram LOL

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is ur ebrake on?

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no i wish that was the problem

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Did you disconnect the ebrake inside the car? Make sure there's a little slack in the line too so it's not comressing your pads.

You might want to make sure the bottom pivot point of the brakes are seated correctly too. They should both look the exactly the same (one side was off on mine).

And again, if you loosen the bleed screw a little, you should be able to squeeze the wheel cylinder at the top pivot points enough to get the drum on. It's hard, but once the pressure is gone (press on the brake to clear it up), they'll go down.

If that ---- don't work, there's something else wrong.

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surprise surprise.....i'm an idoit

It was the adjuster :-\

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Oh man. That sucks, good thing you got it fixed though.

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all ready for safety now....got it insured today...looks like i'm gonna be legal minus the whole Lisence thing

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sucks to be you, -----.

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---- you^^ i'm gonna send you that virus again S(^%$3R

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lol