hymek

Thanks for the additional suggestions, and sorry, I should have mentioned that I had the rear brakes (shoes and cylinders) replaced recently. My brake woes didn't end on Thursday. On Friday I noticed brake fluid dripping out of the drum on the supposedly fixed wheel and went back to the garage. To their credit, they immediately took the car in and replaced the cylinder. Hopefully that's the end of that. I naively assumed replacing the anti-roll bar links would be easy but judging from the knocking sounds I heard on my drive home last night, I've somehow managed to balls that up. I thought I'd got the new ones nice and tight but apparently not! I intend to take another look today. Hopefully a second visit from the RAC mechanic won't be necessary.

Seap/leak now fixed (I hope). After calling out an RAC mobile mechanic who, after some tussling, managed to get the drum back on, (he also bled the brakes), I went back to the garage that replaced the rear brake shoes and cylinders a month or so ago. They took a look and identified the fluid pipe connection at the rear of the wheel as the problem. This was tightened. I did point out that I'd found fluid under the rubber cylinder seals, but this didn't seem to concern them enough to delve deeper. I guess I should monitor the situation in the drum for the next few months just to ensure the cylinder is okay.

Thanks. Lifting the wedge didn't seem to have any effect. I'm wary of trying to bleed the brakes as it's not something I've done before and I'm worried I'll make a bad situation worse.

I've taken a look (see photo) and the (fairly newly fitted) cylinder is leaking fluid from the left side when brake is pressed. It is secure but the alignment feels slightly wrong to my inexpert eye. Left-hand side of piston doesn't seem to get pushed back in like the right-hand side. I'm now concerned I won't be able to reassemble drum due to left shoe position and get to a garage. Any advice greatly appreciated!

Thanks for the advice. I'll look inside the drum. If it is a piston seal I'll be disappointed as I had work done on the rear brakes a couple of months ago (hand brake was sticking, and there was a squeal during braking).

My 2013 Skoda Fabia has just failed its MOT for multiple reasons - tire cuts, anti-roll ball linkage ball joint dust cover wear, and a leaking brake pipe on the rear offside wheel. Having done some research, I'm fairly confident I can fit two new anti-roll bar linkages. If possible I'd also like to deal with the brake issue myself. Looking at the attached pic, can anyone suggest sensible steps. The circled nut seems tight (but I've not tried tightening it yet) and the pipe leading to it seems undamaged. Thanks, Tim