Rear Drum Brakes

Rear drum brakes are used on E150/E250, some F150/F250 models, Escape, Explorer, Explorer Sport, Explorer Sport-Trac, Ranger, and Windstar models. On rear drum brake models, 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.