A week of progress 30/05/14

With a whole week of evenings free as we ventured into the final days of May, Tim was kind (daft) enough to offer his services once again, and a start was made on the rear brakes. Over the space of several nights, Tim managed to remove the nearside rear wheels, and take off the drum to gain access to the brake shoes. Paul even assisted with the removal of the drum, although from the photographic evidence below the jury is still out as to whether he was actually helping or rivet counting...answers on a postcard to the usual address folks (sorry leader!)

Once the shoes had been removed, they will be sent off to Partic at Bulwell for relining, and will subsequently be refitted to the bus at a later date. From there, the plan was to remove the anchor pins, potentially a difficult job, and then clean and rebuild everything before putting it back together and making a start on the offside brakes. Thanks again to Tim for his time.

While the nearside rear wheels were off 2599, we planned to tidy them up by scrubbing several years of old paint/dirt/grime etc off them before repainting them and refitting them once the brakes had been sorted. So behind the scenes, we sent our leader off to do some shopping, and after several visits to Wilko's (a man's best friend when it comes to anything remotely DIY-related), we had built up a collection of the relevant paint strippers, cleaning materials and tools for the job. But that's another story...