Strange behavior of rear drum brake
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:54 am
Hello, and welcome aboard to the strange train.
I have a long time issue which bother me a long time now.
The problem area is the drum of the rear wheel, and prob. the drum brakes itself.
It all started 2 -3 years ago, maybe after a service i had, where i felt a strange brake behavior. Imagine going down the road with a city speed, and when in need of braking, press the rear brake lever, the front wheel stops good and linear, while the back is intermediate, like too much its like i press and let go the lever.
I thought that maybe its just bad pads, and didn't do anything. On the next service, i mentioned it to the mechanic, and he said he found a weird color and smell thing on the drum brake, he cleaned it and drove off, at first, the cleaning was a solution and didn't felt this thing again.
Not after some km's it just re-apeared. Next service up, i gave a lot of details and tried to make the mechanic see thoroughly this thing, and so he did. The problem was a rubber that hold back the driver gear oil from getting to the drum, was a bit loose, where gear oil was leaking to the brake. i doubt this is a thing because as wheel rotates it would evenly distribute the oil across the drum brake. so i thing that a mechanic used bad brake pads and the wear of the wheel drum is un-even so it brake intermediate.
Have this happened to anyone across Community? i am really confused. About to change the rubber ring and test it after, but i doubt it would change the braking performance.
I have a long time issue which bother me a long time now.
The problem area is the drum of the rear wheel, and prob. the drum brakes itself.
It all started 2 -3 years ago, maybe after a service i had, where i felt a strange brake behavior. Imagine going down the road with a city speed, and when in need of braking, press the rear brake lever, the front wheel stops good and linear, while the back is intermediate, like too much its like i press and let go the lever.
I thought that maybe its just bad pads, and didn't do anything. On the next service, i mentioned it to the mechanic, and he said he found a weird color and smell thing on the drum brake, he cleaned it and drove off, at first, the cleaning was a solution and didn't felt this thing again.
Not after some km's it just re-apeared. Next service up, i gave a lot of details and tried to make the mechanic see thoroughly this thing, and so he did. The problem was a rubber that hold back the driver gear oil from getting to the drum, was a bit loose, where gear oil was leaking to the brake. i doubt this is a thing because as wheel rotates it would evenly distribute the oil across the drum brake. so i thing that a mechanic used bad brake pads and the wear of the wheel drum is un-even so it brake intermediate.
Have this happened to anyone across Community? i am really confused. About to change the rubber ring and test it after, but i doubt it would change the braking performance.