something tightens up

[andrew34ruby]

Thanks for all the replies and ideas. Today I jacked the car up and all the wheels spin ok. Tried with the brakes part on, off, backwards, forwards, simply cannot find anything wrong. Checked the gearbox oil level and found it rather low, far below the bottom of the threads on the filler. So drained the oil and less than half a pint came out. Flushed with clean oil and a few bits of metal did come out, dull silver in colour and not magnetic. Re-filled with a bit less than a pint and left it at that.

Short of removing all drums how can I check for a broken pivot?

Took the car for a drive round - behaving perfectly now.