Brake Shoe: Service and Repair

CAUTION: Original equipment, or equivalent replacement rear brake shoe material is recommended to maintain the balance between front and rear brake performance. Brake parts have been carefully selected to provide the proper brake balance for the purposes of stopping distance and control over the full range of operating conditions. Installation of front or rear lining material with performance different from that of original equipment, or equivalent replacement parts, can change the intended brake balance of this vehicle.

REMOVE OR DISCONNECT
1. Raise the vehicle and support it with safety stands.
2. The tire and wheel.
3. Install the pin to the park brake lever.
4. The rear brake drum from the vehicle.
5. The rear brake shoe retaining springs.
6. The hold-down springs.
7. The hold-down pins.
8. The shoe guide.
9. The rear brake shoe actuator and spring.
10. The rear brake shoe actuator link.
11. The rear parking brake lever strut and spring.
12. The rear brake shoe adjuster spring.
13. The rear brake shoe adjuster.
14. The rear brake shoes.
15. Inspect:
^ All of the parts for discoloration due to heat or stress. Replace as needed.
^ All of the parts for signs of wear Replace as needed.
^ The rear wheel cylinder for signs of leakage.
^ The rear brake drum for scoring and machining tolerance.


INSTALL OR CONNECT
1. Lubricate the rear brake backing plate and the adjusting, screw threads with a thin coat of white lithium grease.
2. The rear brake shoes.
3. The rear brake shoe adjuster.
4. The rear brake shoe adjuster spring.

NOTE:
^ The coils of the adjusting screw spring must not touch the adjusting screw.
^ Do not interchange the right and left brake shoe adjusting screws.

5. The rear parking brake lever strut and spring.
6. The rear brake shoe actuator link.
7. The rear brake shoe actuator and spring.
8. The shoe guide.
9. The hold-down pins.
10. The hold-down springs.
11. The rear brake shoe retaining springs.
12. The rear brake drum to the vehicle.
13. Remove the pin to the park brake lever.
14. The tire and wheel.
15. Adjust the rear brakes.
a. Remove the adjusting hole plug in the rear brake backing plate.
b. Turn the rear brake shoe adjuster counterclockwise until the wheel can just be turned by hand.

NOTE: The rear brake drag should be equal at both wheels.

c. Back off the rear brake shoe adjuster 33 notches.

NOTE: Brakes should have no drag after the adjuster has been backed off about 15 notches.

d. Install the adjusting hole plug in the rear brake backing plate.
16. Adjust the parking brake.
17. Lower the vehicle.