Brake Shoe: Service and Repair

Rear Brake Shoes Replacement

CAUTION: Frequent inhalation of brake pad dust, regardless of material composition, could be hazardous to your health.
^ Avoid breathing dust particles.
^ Never use an air hose or brush to clean brake assemblies. Use an OSHA-approved vacuum cleaner.

NOTE:
- Contaminated brake linings or drums reduce stopping ability.
- Block the front wheels before jacking up the rear of the vehicle.

Removal/Disassembly
1. Remove the brake drum.





2. Remove the tension pins (A) by pushing each retainer spring (B) and turning the pins.





3. Remove the lower return spring (A), and remove the shoe assembly over the hub.
4. Remove the upper return spring (B), and disassemble the brake shoe assembly.
5. Disconnect the parking brake cable from the parking brake lever, and remove the brake shoe.





6. Remove the U-clip (A), wave washer (B), and pivot pin (C), and separate the parking brake lever (D) from the brake shoe (E).

Reassembly
1. Connect the parking brake cable to the parking brake lever.





2. Apply MolyKote grease 44MA on the sliding surfaces as illustrated. Wipe off any excess. Do not get grease on the brake linings.





3. Install the parking brake lever (A) on the rear brake shoe (B), and secure it with the pivot pin (C), wave washer (D), and a new U-clip (E). Pinch the U-clip securely to prevent it from coming off.





4. Install the self-adjuster (C) and self-adjuster spring (D) on the front brake shoe (E).
5. Assemble the brake shoes with clevis A, adjuster bolt (F), clevis B. and the upper return spring (G).

NOTE: Thread the adjuster bolt fully into clevis A.





6. Apply Molykote 44MA grease onto the sliding surfaces as illustrated. Wipe off any excess. Do not get grease on the brake linings.
7. Install the shoe assembly on the backing plate by fitting the top of the shoes onto the wheel cylinder pistons and the bottom of the shoes onto the locating plate.





8. Install the tension pins (A) and the retainer springs (B) by pushing in on each spring and turning each pin.
9. Install the lower return spring.
10. Install the brake drum and rear wheel.
11. If the wheel cylinder has been removed, bleed the brake system.
12. Press the brake pedal several times to set the self adjusting brake.
13. Adjust the parking brake.