Rear Drum Brake: Removal

Remove rear wheel and tire assembly from vehicle.
Remove rear brake drums from hub and bearing assemblies after loosening the two brake drum screws.

Fig 1: Removing Rear Brake Drums
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Be sure that the parking brake pedal is in the release (most upward) position.
Completely loosen square nut of the rear parking brake cable. Then create slack in the rear parking brake cables.

Fig 2: Loosening Square Nut
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Remove adjuster spring from adjust lever and brake shoe.

Fig 3: Removing Adjuster Spring
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Remove adjust lever and turn the adjusting wheel of adjuster assembly to the direction of the arrow as shown.

Fig 4: Removing Adjust Lever
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Remove the strut spring and the lower retracting spring from the brake shoe.

Fig 5: Removing The Strut Spring
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Remove the upper return spring from the brake shoe.

Fig 6: Removing The Upper Return Spring
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Remove brake back plate hold down spring and pin from the leading brake shoe assembly.
Remove the leading brake shoe. Then remove the adjuster assembly, strut and anchor spring from the trailing brake shoe.

Fig 7: Removing The Leading Brake Shoe
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Remove the trailing brake shoe from the brake back plate after removing hold down spring and pin.

Fig 8: Removing The Trailing Brake Shoe
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Remove the trailing brake shoe from the rear parking cable.

Fig 9: Removing The Rear Parking Cable
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Remove parking pivot lever from the leading brake shoe.

Fig 10: Removing Parking Pivot Lever
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