Rear Brake Shoes & Wheel Cylinders: Installation
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- Compress the parking brake cable spring and attach the parking brake lever. Clean and sand brake shoe contact points on backing plate. Apply a light coating of lithium base grease to brake shoe contact points on backing plate.
- Attach the parking brake lever to the rear brake shoe and lining and secure the parking brake lever pin retainer. Position brake shoes and linings. Install the brake shoe hold-down spring pins and the brake shoe hold-down springs.
- Install the parking brake link spring and the parking brake spring retainer on the parking brake strut. Install the parking brake strut. Install the brake shoe anchor pin guide plate.
- Place adjusting cable over the anchor pin, with crimped side in. Install the short brake shoe retracting spring. Make sure the brake shoe adjusting lever cable is positioned in the cable guide groove. Install the cable guide. Position the brake shoe adjusting lever cable in the cable guide groove. Install the long brake shoe retracting spring.NOTE: Socket end of adjusting screw assembly and adjusting lever are marked with an "R" or "L" for reassembly onto proper side of vehicle. Interchanging adjusting screw assembly and adjusting lever from one side of vehicle to other will cause brake shoes to retract when automatic adjuster is operated.
- Apply grease or an equivalent silicone compound. Install the brake adjuster screw into the brake shoe adjusting screw nut to the end of the threads, and then loosen one-half turn. Install the brake shoe adjusting screw socket on the brake shoe adjusting screw nut.
- Position the brake adjuster screw assembly. Install the brake shoe adjusting screw spring. Position the brake shoe adjusting lever cable. Position the adjusting lever return spring and the brake shoe adjusting lever. Hook the brake shoe adjusting lever cable to the brake shoe adjusting lever.
- Pull the brake shoe adjusting lever cable and check that the brake shoe adjusting lever rotates the brake shoe adjuster assembly. Release the brake shoe adjusting lever cable and check that the brake shoe adjusting lever advances to the next notch on the brake shoe adjusting screw nut.
- Adjust brake shoes. See REAR BRAKE SHOES under ADJUSTMENTS. Bleed air from system, if necessary.