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Handbrake how to?

ChasR

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My handbrake on my S2 is a little noisy on the driver's side making a metallic noise as I am going along. Sometimes it doens't do a thing, other times its relatively loud and won't shut up.

I've look on Clark's guide and it doesn't seem to have a comprehensive guide on how to tackle the rear shoes so I was wondering if any of you have.

Cheers again:).
 
Hi

Could be broken spring, they are cheap enough but I think you need to take the hub nut off - which can be a real b****r!

Mike
 
you don't need to touch the hub NUt.. I'm assuming you mean the big one done up to over 500lb torque. Changing the shoes is pretty straight forward.. can't remember the exact method now but do recall the only prob I had was getting the damn spring back in... anyway no special tools or knowledge needed so dive in and have fun..... oh and yes it does sound like a broken spring as already stated[;)]
 
So the design is a relatively generic one like the system fitted the BMW E36s and Nissan S13s/14s? In that case, I may just order some springs from Porsche or GSF and get them sorted this weekend.

Getting springs back in shouldn't hopefully be a problem. I've worked on quite a few drum brakes (glutton for punishment I know...). However, I suspect I'll probably need new shoes. A damn shame considering they only have 15k on them according to the receipts.

Cheers for the help guys. Keep it coming.
 
Well, I finally sorted it and all is well. Went to Porsche and got a new spring for pocket money (I could not have the car off the road for a day with my dad's car out of action) and got around to fitting it. So far it's been great working on this car. Caliper also seemed fine too. The old spring's end snapped off and hence it was lying in the drum. Shoes and drum were fine mind you.

No more squealing thankfully and it's great to drive it again. I gave it a clean so here are some pics of it:

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Yes, I know I left the camera in a too high an ISO setting[:mad:] (Doh!).


 
+1 great pics fabulous looking car, btw what headunit do you have looks quite good? - I've got a silvery one at the moment which is a good headunit but looks a little out of place in a black interior.

Dave K.
 
Bloody nice pics!. What head unit is that in there btw?, looks like a good one. Ive got a Blaupunkt Santa Cruz :)
 
Cheers for the pic comments :).

As for the HU, it is a Becker Mexico Pro 7938. I would have had the right colour, but this HU has been in a couple of my other cars before it went into this one but it does work with the dash very well (Porsche did indeed use Becker in the mid 90s for quite a while though the dawn of Y2k. I have a similar HU in my Pug 306 RR ;).

Regarding fixing it, here's a walk through guide (if I've done something wrong, let me know!):

1. Put bricks around the wheels
2. Jack up the relevant side of the car.
3. Take the wheel off
4. Finding an object of a suitable height (around the same as what the caliper is off the floor), remove the caliper (observing the washer arrangement (Head of the bolt, 1 think washer, Caliper body, thick washer then hub) and support the caliper on the object.
5. Take the disc off. You will need to loosen off the retaining screws of which there are two.
5. You should see two springs holding in the shoes in the middle of them (one spring per caliper). If one is lying in the drum with the hook still on it (very much like a miniature clothes hanger shape) make sure that the tail of the hook is at the bottom and vertical (with the spring in the horizontal position (this will make alot more sense when looking at it)).
6. Hold the shoe in place and pass the spring through it, and push it through the backing plate ensuring that the tail catches the divot/recess for it in the backing plate/hub (bottom of the hole on the other side of the back plate. You can use a mirror or feel for it).
7. Reassembly is the reversal of removal. (Steps 5-1).
 
While on the subject of handbrakes, I've just started putting mine back together and I can't remember which was the spring goes that connects the top halves of the shoes, does it go on the inside or outside? My memory is telling me inside but I don't trust myself :)

EDIT: I was right, they're on the inside.... why do Porsche make things so it requires 3 hands to assemble?
 

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