Rear Drum Brake Shoe: Installation

Clean the back plate and wheel cylinder.
Apply brake grease Dow Corning Molykote No. 7439 (Part No. 003602001) to the portions as indicated, see Fig 1 .
Apply brake grease to adjusting screw and both ends of adjuster. See Fig 2 .
Connect upper shoe return spring to shoes.
Connect the parking brake cable to parking lever.
While positioning the shoes (one at a time) in groove on wheel cylinder, secure shoes. See Figure .
Fix shoes by connecting hold-down cup to the hold-down pin.
Connect the lower shoe return spring.
Set the outside diameter of brake shoes less than 0.02-0.031" (0.5-0.8 mm) in comparison with the inside diameter of the brake drum.
Install the drum. See REAR BRAKE DRUM .

Fig 1: Applying Grease To Rear Drum Back Plate

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Fig 2: Applying Grease To Rear Drum Adjusting Screw & Adjuster

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