Rear Brake Shoes: Removal
- Raise and support vehicle. Remove wheel and brake drum. Back off brake shoe adjuster if brake drum is difficult to remove. Remove "U" clip and washer from secondary shoe-to-parking brake lever pivot pin. See Fig 1
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- Remove primary and secondary shoe return springs, hold-down springs, retainers and pins. Place wheel cylinder clamp over wheel cylinder to hold pistons in place. Remove self-adjuster lever, adjuster and adjuster spring from brake shoes. Remove adjuster cable and cable guide.
- Remove brake shoes. Disconnect parking brake cable from parking brake lever. Remove lever.
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