Citroën AK400 Van

The diary of the restoration
of SEE 881T

Assess rear  brakes

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Jacked up back end on axle stands.

Removed rear wheels

Removed hub grease cup (by destroying it). I believe you can get plastic ones.

cup.jpg (41285 bytes)
Releaved the peened section of the hub nut. chisel.jpg (39773 bytes)
Using a 44mm socket (or 1 3/4") and a long tube, removed hub nut. undo.jpg (52456 bytes)
Slacken off brake adjuster cams.

Turn them towards the cylinder by 1/4 turn.

adjuster.jpg (24613 bytes)
Even with the adjuster cams slackened off the drum was still tight on the shoes. shoes.jpg (44085 bytes)
Removed shoe steady pin slot washer. (That's what the Haynes manual calls it.) shoestea.jpg (37476 bytes)
Bent back the lockwasher tabs and unscrewed the lower shoe pivot nuts. Removed shoes. tabs.jpg (51434 bytes)
The cylinders are siezed so will have to come out - but how?

Can get an open-ended 10mm spanner on the nut but there is no room to turn it. The white lines show the obstructions.

bolt1.jpg (31903 bytes)
A ring spanner won't go on, either. bolt2.jpg (36680 bytes)
A posting to 2CV-L reveals that in France they use a tool called 'clé à pipe'. US brand 'Bahco' and 10mm 3/8" drive thinwall socket by S-K Facom recommended. pipe wrenches.jpg (15753 bytes)
The nearest I can find in UK is a box wrench. boxwrench.jpg (32813 bytes)

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