Rear brakes

The rear brakes are quite serviceable, however, the lining on the shoes are wearing quite thin. The wheel cylinders are not leaking and the pistons are free to move. The brake drum is showing very little signs of internal wear although the outside is rusty. New brake shoes are to be fitted and seal kits for the wheel cylinders. The brake pipe from the wheel cylinder to the flexible pipe has corroded badly and was removed in pieces, so a replacement has been made from cunifer. Pictures shown are the O/S the same treatment was for the N/S

Brake drum removed, this was shotblasted, skimmed and painted with black enamel.

Wheel cylinder stripped down, the body was honed inside and painted outside.
Pistons polished with 2000 grit wet and dry paper, new seals and dust covers replaced.
Here we can see the broken brake pipe as well.

 All built up ready for adjusting cams and eccentrics.

Tool made for adjusting the bottom eccentrics so the shoes line up with the top cams.
You can use an old brake drum for this, but I think this is more accurate.

Carburettor trouble

The base of the carburettor has warped over time causing air to be drawn into the manifold. This causes a rich mixture and rough running.

Here we can see the carburettor base warped by about 1.5mm.

Thanks to Darrin of Citroen Classics for the advice. This is a common problem and with some careful filing the base was straightend and the holes for the studs re-drilled at 90 degrees. While the carb was off it had a good clean with all the jets blown out, new gaskets etc. The carb was refitted and the mixture and idle speed adjusted.

Float height cheked at 5mm and new gasket fitted.

The carburettor base after filing, a little blue hylomar around the edges just to make sure.

New insulator and gaskets on inlet manifold.

Carburettor refitted ready to adjust mixture and idle speed.