Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Morgan 4+ 1998 left rear wheel

Hello, maybe someone here can help me.

Have a 4+ out of 98 with rear drum brakes. My back left rim always gets hotter than the right rim.

I set the handbrake cable completely loose and the rim turns relatively well when it's so warm. the hot left turns like the colder right.

Could this be somehow due to the exhaust, which just passes here, or to the distributor at the back...

The rim gets nearly so hot that you can hardly touch it anymore.

Thanks and Greetings

Do Not remove the slotted screws!!
The drum is not retained by them
the reverse of the threads on the slotted screws is deliberately peened to make sure you cannot remove them. You will destroy the threads in the hub if you get them moving.

Remove the 4 hex 7/16 AF bolts then strike the drum hard on the wheel face with a copper or hide mallet, whilst pulling the drum lip back towards you. This will normally shock any corrosion loose and also jump the drum over any lip caused by the brake shoes. Repeat as necessary pulling on different parts of the circumference of the drum

Mine came off easily so good luck.

To illustrate Richard's comment above here is a picture of the screws you refer to.



The brake drum is just held on by four short ¼" UNF setscrews as can be seen unpainted. I repeat leave the large slotted screws (which hold drive flange to axle) alone, the brake drum fits over their heads.

Different model, but I was having a lot of heat (and then smoke) coming from a rear drum. Turned out to be a leaky axle seal and the diff oil was heating up in the drum.

On a previous vehicle I had a brake lining detatch from the shoe and jam up inside the drum .... hard to notice at hand-turning speed but I guess the drum whizzing by at road speed pulled it up tighter.

K