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[tunnie]

Over 4 Omega's and 100,000's of miles only ever had to replace the handbrake shoes once, that was on my 2.2.

They self destructed at around 170k and 14 years...

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I'm having a complete overhaul very soon of my back brakes too, and will be binning them, but that's more because the backplate is rusted through and has been temporarily 'professionally bodged' to get the handbrake through the mot, and if I'm goign to replace backplate, refurbish calipers, replace discs and pads, springs, pins and cup washers, it hardly makes sense to then stick back on 19 year old shoes. But ordinarily, and on any other car but my baby, I'd service them and leave them so long as they actually function correctly.

You do realise that means removing the rear axle half shafts, which means unbolting the drive shafts, and almost certainly wrecking and replacing the rear wheel bearings?

Yup   

[05omegav6]

Over 4 Omega's and 100,000's of miles only ever had to replace the handbrake shoes once, that was on my 2.2.

They self destructed at around 170k and 14 years...

Those discs should have been changed well before that...