just looked on my pc your backing plates are fitted wrong the hand brake stuff should be behind shocks
u need to undo 4 bolts that hold backing and shift all the lines ect

heres some pics of a bw68 i have setup
and the h165 ive just dont the hand brake setup on

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And you say my bw68 is in the way lol- plenty of room to work there hhhha

Are you missing nuts on those rear shock ottom mounts nick????

thanks supafatto! is moving the backing plates an easy fix? can it be done? I have limited knowledge of the drum brake set up as well!

I'm guessing your going to have to play around with the brake lines too, it a matter of the four bolts being removed so u can turn backing plates, only hard bit will be brake lines and re bleeding if you have to undo hard lines! Hope this helps

the brakes need bleeding as is so thats not a problem and moving the brake lines again i can deal with that!

I took the wheel off today to have a look, where do i access the bolts from? Or how do i get into the drum to access the bolts?

I've never taken apart a drum brake before and have no idea where to start?

Leave the handbrake off and drum should slide off, when you take drum off there a hole or two in the axel that will let u get a socket onto the nut, u will have to turn axel to get to all 4 bolts.

It sort of looks like the backing plates are on the wrong sides.

Now, maybe im just looking at something wrong, but it seems like if you rotate the backing plates 180° the lever will end up pointing down/forward and the cables will want to run under the center section.

supafatto - cheers ill see if i can get the drums off enxt time i have a chance

ang94541 - you could be on to something there once i get the drums off and have a look at the plates ill have a play around and see if a swap works, if i swap the backing plates do i need to swap the drums?

Ang Is right at a closer look again the backing plates are on wrong sides as u can see in my pics the return springs are on top of the cable and in your pics they are below, plus they are either 1or2 bolt out so 90* or 180* out! Good luck think you'll be able to get it now! :)