After having decided a few weeks ago that the rear brake snail cams were worn so far that they wouldn't allow the shoes to be adjusted up against the drums I then find that was not the reason for their lack of adjustment.
The new 'snails' had arrived and I proceeded to fit these and then found I had the same problem (though at least the new cams weren't worn smooth).
What I then realised was the rear brake shoes were slightly different so they must be trailing and leading types - though the green bible or Haynes or anywhere else said nothing about that. So I pinged an enquiry on the Series 2 forum and DavidTS pointed to part of Teri-Ann Wakemans informative site which says just that!
http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/landRoverFAQ/FAQ_rearbrakes.htm
So now the brakes are assembled as Teri suggests and they work fine. So all those with a 109 - take note!
Note the difference in the brake shoes in my pic below. The leading shoe is the top one.
SUSPENSION
There are alternative methods of loading the suspension before tightening the whole lot up but wrapping a chain around the chassis and compressing it seemed like a ripe way to damage the paintwork and galv so I thought of another method.
In the front seats I dropped in a two spare 750's plus around 80kg made up of bins full of water (about the weight of 2?). Then to the rear a further 500kg of water in dustbins and buckets. Should be enough meethinks?
Suspension then tightened up. So that's another two jobs crossed off.
A quick run out proves everything is working fine (though the base of the Larkspur antenna became unbonded on the way home).
Next task is to set the headlights angle and fit the bumper.....and book an MOT.
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