Brake Shoe: Service and Repair

Removal and Installation





Material





1. Remove the parking brake control boot.
1 Release the boot clip.
2 Lift the boot upward and over the parking brake control handle.

2. NOTE: Make sure the rear brakes are cool to the touch.

Move the parking brake control to the fully released position.





3. Relieve the tension on the parking brake cable.
1 Remove the retaining clip.
2 Loosen the adjustment nut.

4. CAUTION: Do not remove the brake drum by means of the hub retaining nut.

Remove the brake drum.





5. Remove the hold-down clips and pins.





6. NOTE: Do not allow the wheel cylinder pistons to fall out of the wheel cylinder bore.

Disconnect the brake shoes from the wheel cylinder.
- Using a suitable tool, hold the wheel cylinder pistons in place.





7. Release the shoes from the anchor block.





8. Disconnect the parking brake cable.
1 Push the lever inward.
2 Release the cable from the lever.





9. Remove the lower return spring.





10. Remove the upper return spring.





11. Remove the primary shoe from the strut and brake shoe adjuster.
1 Pull the shoe outward.
2 Disconnect the strut and adjuster.
3 Release the strut and adjuster.





12. CAUTION: The strut support spring is under tension.

Remove the secondary shoe from the support.
1 Move the strut downward.
2 Disconnect the parking brake return spring.
13. Clean, check and apply silicone grease to the brake shoe contact points on the brake backing plate.

14. CAUTION: Make sure that all mating surfaces are free of foreign material and debris.

To install, reverse the removal procedure.

15. NOTE: The internal auto-adjuster must be set and the brake shoes centralized to the brake drum.

Carry out the brake shoe adjustment.