Rear Brake Shoe Removal and Installation
1. Drum Brake - Exploded view

Exploded View



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:
Keep grease away from the brake drum and the brake shoes.
Refer to the Exploded View as needed during this procedure.

4. Brake Shoe - Remove
1.
Remove the tension pins (A) by pushing respective shoe clamp springs (B) and turning the pin.
2.
Remove brake spring B, and remove the brake shoe assembly over the hub.
3.
Remove the forward brake shoe (C) by removing brake spring A, and disassemble the brake shoe assembly.
4.
Remove the rearward brake shoe (D) by disconnecting the parking brake cable from the parking brake lever (E).

5. Parking Brake Lever - Remove
1.
Remove the U-clip (A), wave washer (B), and parking lever pin (C), and separate the parking brake lever (D) from the brake shoe (E).


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:
Keep grease away from the brake drum and the brake shoes.
Refer to the Exploded View as needed during this procedure.

1. Parking Brake Lever - Install
1.
Install the parking brake lever (A) and the wave washer (B) on the parking lever pin (C), and secure with a new U-clip (D).
NOTE: Pinch the U-clip securely to prevent the parking brake lever from coming out of the brake shoe (E).
2.
Connect the parking brake cable to the parking brake lever.

2. Brake Shoe - Install
1.
Apply a thin coat of Molykote 44 MA grease to the edge of the shoe surfaces (A) that contact the backing plate as shown. Wipe off any excess.
NOTE: Keep grease off the brake linings.
2.
Install connecting rod A and B on the adjuster bolt (C).
NOTE:
Clean the threaded portions of connecting rod A and the sliding surface of connecting rod B, then coat them with Molykote 44MA grease.
Shorten connecting rod A by fully turning in the adjuster bolt.
3.
Assemble the brake shoes, the brake spring A (D), and the connecting rods with the adjuster bolt against the backing plate, then install the adjuster lever (E) and the adjuster spring (F) on the forward brake shoe (G).
4.
Install the brake spring B (H).
NOTE: Make sure the brake shoe positioning on the brake shoe bosses of the backing plate, and fitting the top of the brake shoes onto the wheel cylinder pistons.
5.
Install the tension pins (A) and the shoe clamp springs (B) by pushing in respective spring and turning each pin.

5. Parking Brake - Adjust
1.
Press the brake pedal several times to make sure the brakes work and to set the self-adjusting brake.
NOTE: Engagement of the brakes may require a greater pedal stroke immediately after the brake shoes have been replaced as a set. Several applications of the brake pedal will restore the normal pedal stroke.