Installation (Front)
NOTE:
Inboard brake shoes are not identical side-to-side. This is due to placement of the audible wear indicator on the end of each inboard shoe. Make sure that the audible wear indicators are placed toward the top when the inboard shoes are installed on each side of the vehicle.
- Place the brake shoes in the abutment shims clipped into the disc brake caliper adapter. See Figure . Place the shoe with the wear indicator attached to the inboard side.
- Completely retract the caliper piston back into the bore of the caliper.
- Install the disc brake caliper over the brake shoes on the brake caliper adapter. See CALIPER .
- Install the tire and wheel assembly. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
- Lower the vehicle.
- Pump the brake pedal several times before moving the vehicle to set the brake shoes to the brake rotor.
- Check and adjust the brake fluid level as necessary. See CHECKING & FILLING under BRAKE FLUID in SERVICE.
- Road test the vehicle and make several stops to wear off any foreign material on the brakes and to seat the brake shoes.