My brakes needed changing… or so I thought!?!
Upon removing my wheel, and removing the brake drum I realised the brakes are fine. The bearing however was shot!!
The bearing, for those who are still guessing, is what allows the wheel to spin freely on its center. It sits dead center and shouldn’t allow the wheel to wobble. The wheel wobbled, a lot and made some nasty noises.
So I didn’t need new brakes, I needed a new bearing!
£25 later a new bearing; but me and my dad couldn’t install it as the old one wouldn’t come out. We almost had to buy a whole new drum. All because of a small circlip, designed to hold the bearing in place. My dad and I had to waste an entire afternoon trying differing methods of removing a small bit of metal.
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Job done, car fixed!
Ciao:
