Parking Brake Assembly (Rear Disc Brake): Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Subaru Forester. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Release the parking brake.
Lift up the vehicle, and then remove the rear wheels.
Remove the bolts and then remove the brake hose bracket.

Fig 1: Locating Brake Hose Bracket Bolt
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Remove the attachment bolts and remove the rear caliper body assembly.

Fig 2: Locating Rear Caliper Body Assembly Attachment Bolts
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Suspend the rear caliper body assembly so that the brake hose is not stretched.
Remove the rear disc rotor.
NOTE: If the disc rotor is difficult to remove, try the following two methods in order.
1. Turn the adjusting screw using a flat tip screwdriver until the brake shoe moves adequately away from the disc rotor.
  
  Fig 3: Turning Adjusting Screw Using Flat Tip Screwdriver
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2. If disc rotor is seized on the hub, drive the disc rotor out by pushing two 8 mm bolts in holes B on the rotor.
  
  Fig 4: Locating 8 mm Bolt Threads Of Rotor
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Remove the shoe return spring.

Fig 5: Identifying Shoe Return Spring
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Remove the brake shoe cup and brake shoe spring, and remove the primary brake shoe.

Fig 6: Identifying Brake Shoe Cup And Brake Shoe Spring
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Remove the strut and strut spring.
Remove the adjusting screw.
Remove brake shoe cup and brake shoe spring, and remove the secondary brake shoe.
Remove the parking brake cable from lever.

Fig 7: Removing Parking Brake Cable From Lever
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Remove a retainer from the secondary side brake shoe. Remove the lever from the brake shoe.