Rear Brake Shoes: Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Dodge Dakota. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Raise and support vehicle.
- Remove wheel and tire assembly.
- Remove clip nuts securing brake drum to wheel studs.
- Remove drum. If drum is difficult to remove, remove rear plug from access hole in support plate. Back-off self adjuster by inserting a thick screwdriver into access hole and push lever away from adjuster screw star wheel. Then insert an adjuster tool into brake adjusting hole rotate adjuster star wheel to retract brake shoes.
- Vacuum brake components to remove brake lining dust.
- Remove shoe return springs with brake spring plier tool. See Fig 1.
- Remove adjuster cable. Slide cable eye off anchor pin. Then unhook and remove cable from adjuster lever.
- Remove cable guide from secondary shoe and anchor plate from anchor pin.
- Remove adjuster lever. Disengage lever from spring by sliding lever forward to clear pivot and work lever out from under spring.
- Remove adjuster lever spring from pivot.
- Disengage and remove shoe spring from brake shoes.
- Disengage and remove adjuster screw assembly from brake shoes.
- Remove brake shoe retainers and springs. See Fig 2.
- Remove secondary brake shoe from support plate.
- Remove strut and spring. See Fig 2.
- Remove parking brake lever retaining clip from the secondary shoe and remove the lever.
- Remove primary shoe from support plate.
- Disengage parking brake lever from parking brake cable.