My initial impression from the picture was that they were bits of wood. Bricks would certainly be a bad idea.
I agree, proper jacks should be used, but I had to improvise. Anyway those bricks if put vertically (as on picture) are no problem, will not break, since they manage to hold the whole house
. If put horizontally then you have the problem and can easily break. But as already written proper jacks should be used.
As for the drum's don't get me wrong they look ok buuttt after all the time prep+ couple of diffrent tins would it not be just as easy to buy new drums then heat proof lacquer
This was an option, but I didn't go for this one from few reasons:
1.) Brakes work perfect (checked with MOT).
2.) I already had all the tools, paint and rust remover at home from other ''projects'', so the cost for this was actually 0 EUR.
3.) I like to do as much as possible myself and above procedure is very simple.
(As for your axle stands you a brickie ?
Nope...
If the drums are very rusty outside, they're not probably fine inside either.
Not necessary. My fathers Fabia had similar drums when it was only 2 years old. Brakes also worked perfect.
I agree with R5GT - the scraped alloys are much more of an issue than rusty brake drums!
The car is with us only for a month, everything will get its turn
. Can you advise something that I could try myself? Or will it have to be done by professional? Probably the second one, so the option is to get unscrached ones and sell these, since repair in Slovenia is cca. 40 EUR per wheel. Anyway, wheels getting done is at the end, there are some other things first to be solved
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