Bongo Fury

"I did spray the discs to try to protect them from the elements but after a while, they show signs of surface rust"

Glad they did. At least it was not silver Hammerite. Any use of paint or any lubricant on a friction surface or friction lining is an interesting concept to say the least and a potential opportunity to paint the inside of your trousers using something that has yet to feature on a Duplicolor card! At least it was not WD40 on the discs to keep them free from rust (saw that done on a motorbike once, with interesting effects).

Funnily enough, I didn't actually paint the friction surface! . Thanks for the valued input all the same .

They're were thoroughly degreased to remove the oily coating and then carefully masked off before spraying with heat resistant aluminium paint. The friction surface was then degreased again before fitting.

Just re-activating this thread....someone has been on the phone to say that his rear discs won't budge, and he wants to fit some new ones. Any tips?

Normally the hand brake shoes in the drum needs backing off with a screw driver blade in the adjusting ratchet via the hole (at the bottom) in the face of the drum ..

But some times the friction material for the hand brake can come on bonded from the steel shoe .. getting jammed and may need a three legged puller to remove the disc / drum ....

Ian wrote:Just re-activating this thread....someone has been on the phone to say that his rear discs won't budge, and he wants to fit some new ones. Any tips?

backed off the drum - handbrake shoes?

cmm303 wrote:

Ian wrote:Just re-activating this thread....someone has been on the phone to say that his rear discs won't budge, and he wants to fit some new ones. Any tips?

backed off the drum - handbrake shoes?

A timely reminder to me that I've been meaning to have the rears off and check the parking shoes and their associated springs etc.

I used to occasionally slow the Bongo down (from 55) on the approach to a 50 mph camera by giving it a little bit of handbrake without looking like a guilty speeder but then I read how much the special parking brake pads cost!

Frank

Diplomat wrote:

cmm303 wrote:

Ian wrote:Just re-activating this thread....someone has been on the phone to say that his rear discs won't budge, and he wants to fit some new ones. Any tips?

backed off the drum - handbrake shoes?

A timely reminder to me that I've been meaning to have the rears off and check the parking shoes and their associated springs etc.

I used to occasionally slow the Bongo down (from 55) on the approach to a 50 mph camera by giving it a little bit of handbrake without looking like a guilty speeder but then I read how much the special parking brake pads cost!

Frank

and how little friction material they have

First back off the handbrake adjustment, remove the caliper and support it, remove assembly screw in the raised part of the disc if there is one.
Through the gap left from the caliper removal whack the disc edge and rotate disc to another quadrant and whack it again, I do mean whack with a club hammer. Keep rotating and whacking gradually they will loosen up.
Dont be tempted to do it all in one go as you can skew the hand brake shoes and that can give you more trouble.
Apply Copper or aluminium paste to the mating surface of the replacement disc when reassembling.