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Rear Drum Brakes

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Rear drum brakes are used on F150 Pickup and F150 Heritage Pickup. The drum brake system is the single anchor type and has active self-adjustment. The drum brake system is split front and rear hydraulically. On rear drum brake models, the parking brake is actuated by a cable, which pulls the parking brake lever located inside rear brake assembly. The lever pivots parking brake strut between brake shoes. This movement pushes outward on brake shoes. Brake shoe linings are made of asbestos-free, fiberglass material. Rear drum brake assembly consists of a support plate, 2 brake shoes, return springs, automatic adjuster components and one dual-piston wheel cylinder. See Fig 1.

Fig 1: Identifying Rear Drum Brake Components (F150 Pickup & F150 Heritage Pickup)
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