Left-hand side. A given point on the drum will pass over the 'empty' portion of the shoe first, on both shoes, when travelling forwards.
Right-hand side.
The top spring is fitted to the holes in the shoes and not the slots, and is orientated such that the coil is below the line of the arms of the spring.
Detail of bottom springs showing the inner spring also mounted in the holes and not the slots, long wire hook to the rear passing under the part of handbrake lever that passes through the back-plate, and the outer spring with the wire between the coils in the outboard position. Note that a third pull-off spring was added to the banjo axle at some point, the Salisbury/tube type axles always had three. Note also the orientation of the handbrake lever, with the short lever going through the backplate below the long lever going forwards to the front shoe on the Salisbury/tube axle.
Drawing from the Leyland Workshop Manual. This clearly shows the short lever above the long lever, but it also shows the banjo brake drum with the large hole in the face. There is a drawing in the Haynes manual that also shows the short lever above the long lever, but it doesn't show the face of the brake drum so at first sight it isn't possible to work out which axle it represents. However both only show two pull-off springs, which confirms it as banjo. Haynes also has a photograph but it isn't possible to make out the orientation of the levers, or for that matter be certain which axle it is.
Drawings from the Leyland Parts Catalogue showing the banjo and Salisbury/tube axles. This shows the short lever above the long lever for the banjo axle as per the Leyland Workshop Manual, and shows it below the long lever for the Salisbury/tube axle i.e as per my photo above. However to confuse things even further although the Salisbury/tube axle drawing shows the short lever in the correct position, it shows the levers from the left-hand side with the right-hand brake assembly!
Drawings from Moss Europe web site showing the banjo and Salisbury/tube axles. This shows the short lever above the long lever for the banjo axle as per the Leyland Workshop Manual, and shows it below the long lever for the Salisbury/tube axle i.e as per my photo above, this time with the correct levers for that side.
Original handbrake lever on top, new one below. The excess material was fouling the rear shoe and holding it further out such that the drum could not be refitted.
Slot cut in end of adjuster so it can be removed and refitted with a screwdriver. Note this is not for adjustment of the shoes!
