duncan Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 With the start of autumn (damp, even rain) the (handbrake) rear drum brakes on the daily driver have started sticking overnight. Have to rock the car backwards & forwards in the morning to release them. Has anyone any ideas to stop this ? I would rather not park it overnight without the hand brake on. Roll on spring. Thanks Duncan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Motorsport Mickey Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 Give us a clue Duncan, is it a Ferrarri or maybe a McClaren, my Ford S Max used to do this but had disc rear brakes and everybody who has them knows it, we all leave them in gear and no handbrake. Mick Richards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james christie Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 Wow ! Autumn already? I don’t remember it arriving that early when I lived south of you in Galloway! As Mick suggests, do like those who live in the frozen wastes of the planet and just leave it in gear! james Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 Modern cars with drum rear brakes are fitted with internal automatic adjustment - a pain if one wants to remove the drum. Might the car have self-adjusted following heavy braking and so held the brakes on? Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 I dealt with this issue quite succinctly in the Moss Spitfire catalogue. You need a LBC1 See item 51 of the catalogue page below. It has now been made (NLS) No Longer Supplied. I think it is not an availability nor sourcing issue but the Americans suffering from ‘humeroids’. A condition caused by a hardening of the attitudes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris59 Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: I dealt with this issue quite succinctly in the Moss Spitfire catalogue. You need a LBC1 See item 51 of the catalogue page below. It has now been made (NLS) No Longer Supplied. I think it is not an availability nor sourcing issue but the Americans suffering from ‘humeroids’. A condition caused by a hardening of the attitudes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 Yes, brilliant! And Duncan, just park in gear would be my fix. Otherwise, dismantle and see what you find…. Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 4 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said: I dealt with this issue quite succinctly in the Moss Spitfire catalogue. You need a LBC1 See item 51 of the catalogue page below. It has now been made (NLS) No Longer Supplied. I think it is not an availability nor sourcing issue but the Americans suffering from ‘humeroids’. A condition caused by a hardening of the attitudes Stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
duncan Posted August 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 Many thanks all, Skoda Fabia, so a brick (specially sculptured & painted) & in gear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) The back story to the LBC1 brick - We Triumph people consider the brick to be a functional not a collectible artistic item. As my contribution to bonkers marketing I suggested we sold breeze blocks soaked in oil as ex Canley construction materials - I was over-ruled. ........When the MG Abingdon buildings were being demolished in the early 1980's someone sold a quantity of those ex Abingdon factory, LBC (London Brick Company) bricks to Moss & Abingdon Spares in the USA. Moss added value to them by adding the plaque & wooden base, today we would call it upcycling. Today they seem to still change hands for upwards of $700* Following part found on a MG Experience forum article Marketing at it's Best... "Hello all! My wife and I have the opportunity to purchase land in Siler City, North Carolina to build our dream retirement log cabin. This is a prohibitively expensive proposition, and will require selling off an extensive collection of spares and memorabilia for my 1969 MGB roadster, now on the rotisserie. Many items have been featured in the thread "It was Done Back Then," and are quite desirable. If that is not successful- I will sell the car as well. Rarely do factory bricks come up for sale. I am trying to establish the last known selling price for a Moss Motors offered London brick mounted on a walnut base. If my memory serves correctly- the last one sold for north of seven hundred dollars. Sales will be CONUS, as the US Postal Service has been very unreliable and delivery cannot be trusted to overseas purchases and barely domestic ones. This does not mean that European or British purchasers cannot buy- they should do so through a US party for their own protection and mine. I prefer money order or cash rather than PayPal please. I am willing to offer the brick privately here instead of eBay, but do understand- the brick will sell at last known market value at a minimum and it will not be cheap." Edited August 21, 2021 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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