Used Alfa Romeo Brake Drums

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About Brake Drums

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.

Alfa Romeo trivia

• The Italian Job was famous for its use of the Mini Cooper, but the police in the film might very well have beaten Michael Caine on the flat with their Alfa Giulia Supers.
• The lighter designs of Alfa Romeos has seen the company get a lot of racing success. They have performed exceptionally well at Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, and the Vanderbilt Cup. Perhaps their personal favourite victory was the 1923 win at the Targa Florio, a famously challenging competition.
• The first-ever F1 driver’s championship happened in 1950, and it was won by Giuseppe Farina thanks to the lightning-quick Alfa Romeo he was in. A history of Grand Prix racing served Alfa Romeo well for that first Formula 1 race, but they stopped being involved in the competition back in 1988 until making a return in 2019.
• In 1933, the Italian government ‘acquired’ Alfa Romeo, and they kept their hold on it until 1986. That’s when Fiat bought the company and the government had no choice but to let it go.
• The Italian police love the Alfa Romeo, and so the 159 model is driven by both the standard police force and the special forces branches of the Italian police.