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Rear Brake Shoes: Removal

  1. Release parking brake. Raise and support vehicle. Mark wheels in relation to wheel studs. Remove wheels. Mark drums in relation to wheel studs. Remove drums. If drums are easily removed, go to step 4). If drums are difficult to remove, go to next step.
  2. Back off parking brake cable adjustment. Remove access hole plug from backing plate. SeeFigure . Insert screwdriver through hole and back off adjusting screw. Insert rubber plug into access hole to prevent contamination.
  3. Apply a small amount of penetrating oil around pilot hole at center of drum to break corrosion seal between drum and wheel stud flange. Remove drums.
    WARNING: When removing and installing actuator spring, keep fingers away from spring to prevent them from being pinched between spring and shoe web or between spring and backing plate. DO NOT stretch actuator spring more than necessary or spring tension will be reduced.
  4. Disconnect actuator spring from adjuster actuator and web of parking brake shoe. Disconnect retractor spring from adjuster shoe so end of spring snaps off of shoe web onto backing plate.
  5. Remove adjuster shoe, adjuster actuator and adjusting screw assembly. Disconnect parking brake lever from parking brake shoe. DO NOT disconnect parking brake cable from parking brake lever unless replacing lever.
  6. Disconnect retractor spring from parking brake shoe so end of spring snaps off of shoe web onto backing plate. Remove parking brake shoe. Remove retractor spring.
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