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Removal & Installation

  1. Raise and support vehicle. Remove rear wheels. Release parking brake. Remove brake drum. If drum is difficult to remove, remove adjusting hole cover from backplate. Insert a screwdriver through backplate access hole and back off adjuster.
  2. Remove springs and brake shoes. See Fig 1 . To install, reverse removal procedure. Apply a small amount of brake grease to all brake shoe-to-backplate contract areas.
Fig 1: Identifying Rear Drum Brake Components (Except SVX)
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