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Used Nissan Note Brake Drum
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About Brake Drum
Drum Brakes are the brake system that some cars have on all four wheels and others just on the rear wheels with disc brakes on the front. They consist of a brake drum which contain two brake shoes and the hydraulic system that includes a cylinder with two pistons.
The brake drum is situated behind each wheel to which it is fitted. Access to the drum is obtained with the removal of the wheel and with the removal of a small retaining screw the drum can be pulled of the centre axle revealing the cylinder and brake shoes.
The Drum Brake is operated through the foot brake, when pressed, hydraulic fluid is forced through piping to the cylinder inside each brake drum. Two pistons inside the cylinder push out horizontally pushing two brake shoes outwards to make contact with the smooth inside of the brake drum.
The drum spins with the wheel and the brake shoes are fixed, when the lining pads on the shoes come into contact with the inside of the drum the spinning speed is reduced according to amount of pressure and time applied to the foot brake.
Periodically the brake shoes will need to be renewed as they have a pad which wears away. If this pad is allowed to wear to thin, rivets holding the pad to the metal shoe will damage the smooth inside of the drum causing damage to the surface reducing the effectiveness of the system, and if the damage is too severe will necessitate replacement of the drum. Another part which, over time fails is the cylinder which through wear and tear between the cylinder and its pistons can cause leakage of hydraulic fluid.
Nissan Note trivia
- The Nissan Note has a 92bhp 1.2-litre Nissan engine that can manage 65.7mpg. However, if you drive more than 12,000 miles in a year in your Note, then you might want to look at the diesel option which gets 78.5mpg.
- The Nissan Note vanished from the new car list in March 2017. The removal of the Note meant that Nissan had no version of a compact MPV available as they shifted to the SUV market.
- Although it gained its own solid reputation, the Nissan Note was only ever intended to be a replacement for the ageing Nissan Livina. However, that model is still available in China and some parts of Asia.
- Although the Nissan Note only received four out of five stars in the Euro NCAP crash testing, it was also one of the first cars to have to cope with a more demanding series of tests. Despite that, it still scored very highly on adult and child passenger protection.
- Early concept models of the Nissan Note gave buyers the choice of four different engine types.