Got my Spigen Tough Armor phone case just now, Really like how it fits on the phone.

Hoping it will keep the "Home" Button from being pressed & turning on the screen in my pocket...

For some stupid reason, Samsung decided to have the home button turn on the screen, Doesnt turn it off at all... Just on.

Oh, And to make it worse? THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THAT "FEATURE"

Unless you Root the phone...

love my spigen neo hybrid
also the sview case along
and extended battery 7500 mah zerolemon battery

Protip: Stay away from doing drum brakes yourself, They fucking suck.

vouch

For shame, us "old folks" can do drum brakes easily.


/e There IS a tool for releasing and removing the springs, but I've found that vise-grips and a little arm strength do just as well.

/ee Lastly, only do one side at a time, that way you have the other side to use as a reminder of where everything goes

This post was edited by Ghot on Jun 5 2014 11:59pm

The "Do one side at a time" Trick, Only works if the PO didnt already fubar the entire drum system.

They're needlessly complicated @@

Ended up putting the little star gear adjuster screw thing on the wrong side so it was turning both ways instead of only making the brakes tighter, Spent an hour in the dark in the gravel drive way swapping it to the right side.

Vice grips? I used a scredriver lolol

This post was edited by Rikuo on Jun 6 2014 12:03am

Vise grips give much more control. I remember the star adjuster as well, lol.

NEXT TIME...take off both wheels, rear or front, then do one at a time and remember they are mirror images of each other.

On the rear drum brakes the rear wheel will sometimes become rusted to the drum hub (which is actually the axle), if you ever run into that...use like a 3lb. short handled sledge hammer to crack it loose, by whacking the side of the tire..aka, break the rust joint.

/e The rear wheels are usually the only ones that will have this problem, as the rear brakes only need done once for every 2-3 times you do the fronts.

Fornt brakes stop 70% of the vehicle weight, whereas the rear brakes stop 30% of the vehicle weight. So ofc, the fronts need done 2-3 times more often than the rears do.


Lastly, I highly recommend the rivet-less brake pads, they have much less tendency to score the drums than the riveted ones. It's usually a good idea to do the wheel bearings at the same time, since they are cheap, and you have it all torn apart anyways


/ee But you deserve a pat on the back anyways, most ppl who have never done drum brakes, fail miserably the 1st time they try.


/eee Drum brakes are like the Rubiks cube of the 70's and before.

This post was edited by Ghot on Jun 6 2014 12:24am

NEXT TIME, I can.

But this time, (Aka my first time ever doing drums) My drums on the other side i was copying, Were fubar so bad that i ended up having to guess / google where everything went properly.

Either way my brakes are amazing now.

The vise grip method, ( 8" or 10" vise-grips), easier than a screwdriver OR the brake spring removal tool.




Common brake spring removal tool :/







/e Trust me on this, Vise-grips are the way to go. I've done drum brakes 100's of times over the years

Have a look...I owned these cars, colors different where noted.








/ee The 1974 models and up, at least had front disc brakes. The rears were still drum brakes. :/

This post was edited by Ghot on Jun 6 2014 01:08am

In the process of organizing my 2017 trip to Broad Peak.
I've got up to 4 Months available to me to trek the lower Himalayas and depending on weather conditions i'll attempt Broad Peak & neighboring peaks (excluding k2 O_O)