Parking Brake Shoes: Removal

Raise and support vehicle. Remove rear wheels. Remove rear caliper and disc/drum.
Remove brake shoe upper return springs. Remove hold-down springs and tension pins. Remove upper connecting rod and rod spring. Lower parking brake shoes and remove lower return spring and adjuster. Disconnect parking brake cable from parking brake lever. Remove "U" clip, wave washer, parking brake lever, and pivot pin from brake shoes. See Fig 1 , Fig 2 and Fig 3 .

Fig 1: Identifying Parking brake Components (MDX)

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Fig 2: Exploded View Of Parking Brake Components (3.5RL)

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Fig 3: Exploded View Of Parking Brake Components (3.2CL & 3.2TL)

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