Rear Wheel cylinder steady post

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I just discovered that the steady post for one of my rear brakes was not adjusted properly when the shoes were replaced. Since the stread post did not touch the brake shoe, the rear shoe slipped and broke on of the alignment tabs on the rear wheel cylinder.

At this point it looks like I might need to replace the rear wheel cylinder. Suppose that I adjust the rear steady post to touch the rear shoes, can I continue to use the wheel cylinder without one of the alignment tabs?

The car is a 1963 P5 Mk IIa Saloon.

Thank you for the advice and help. It is clear that the previous mechanics did not know what they were doing.

[Phil Nottingham]

I think you should be OK - its just that if the rear shoe moves out of alignment itmay lock a rear wheel and cause a skid, cause uneven shoe wear or most likely make the rear drum very difficult but not impossible to remove (use the tapped hole to screw in a set bolt).

Its safer to replace the cylinder although I have never heard of one of these breaking before - in the UK its siezed up bleed nipples/unions or scored bores that ruin these

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I decided to replace it and spent the better part of the day working on the rear brakes. I'm glad I did because I noticed that one of the hand brake linkages was bent.

I have never heard of one of these breaking either.