Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

[Stewart A.]

I am about to install a rear brake drum chatter spring on my drum. Can anyone tell me before I start do I need a special tool for this job or what method people use to get the spring on. Stewy

[Steven B.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

I am about to install a rear brake drum chatter spring on my drum. Can anyone tell me before I start do I need a special tool for this job or what method people use to get the spring on. Stewy

Stewy, search Stu Fox's August 7, 2008 post and Tracy Chrisler's response. Gloves seem to be the tool.

Good Luck!

Steve

[Stewart A.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

Thanks steven will do !!!

[Duke W.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

Hook the spring ends together and "roll it on".

Duke

[Stuart F.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

Duke;

Next time you are in Florida, let me know. I want you to stop by and show me how you do that. I'd like to make an instruction video too.

I believe one might be able to roll a stock "flat wire" spring that way, but I doubt it can be done with a "round wire" spring which is about all you can find nowadays. I tried every way I could think of, even had my local auto parts store people take a shot at it w/o success.

Stu Fox

[Stewart A.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

Stu have you tried using different springs. I wonder if you can get different length replacement springs or different tensions. I will be trying to get a spare couple of hours this week so I will try the no brainer approach and see if it works. I'm sure being me it won't and I will spend all day getting the bugger on. I did read you and Tracy's Chrisler's thread and he mentioned that he clamps the spring on and then pushes the other side on and then rolls it in place. I'll be trying that if I get stuck.

[Duke W.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

Duke;

Next time you are in Florida, let me know. I want you to stop by and show me how you do that. I'd like to make an instruction video too.

I believe one might be able to roll a stock "flat wire" spring that way, but I doubt it can be done with a "round wire" spring which is about all you can find nowadays. I tried every way I could think of, even had my local auto parts store people take a shot at it w/o success.

Stu Fox

I think I did both flat and round wire and maybe had a couple of extra hands to help and used putty knifes or scrappers as levers. It's been a long time...

Duke

[Stuart F.]

Re: Rear Brake Drum Chatter Spring

I believe a couple extra hands may be the ticket. I tried with all kinds of prying tools by myself, and the underlying fear was that the spring would let go and take along one of my fingers.

To be honest, I'm sure there is a good reason for having them on, but I wonder if I would know the difference - specially with my Matrix Ceramic linings. I know as a kid back in the day we used to remove them on purpose to improve cooling, or so we thought. This was when we ran 14" wheels on a car originally having 15". It just appeared as though they restricted the flow of air between the wheel and the drum.

Stu Fox