Rear Brake Shoe's (Parking Brake)

[Mauler]

I'm looking to see if anyone knew of a write up about replacing the rear brake shoe's used by the parking brake on a 1999 Expy Eddie Bauer. I've looked through the different forums here and the how to section. I've done a search but to no avail. Does anyone know if such a write up exists anywhere? Is this something that is straight forward? I'm fairly competant when it comes to auto repairs..but have honestly never really messed with brake shoes before.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

 

[04DrBlur]

The hardest part is getting the rotors off. Its just like a drum brake job. Depending on condition of existing parking brake shoes and amount of rust buildup in the rotor you may need to turn the star adjustment all the way in to get the rotor off. In my case that still wasn't enough and required a good beating.

 

[Mauler]

The hardest part is getting the rotors off. Its just like a drum brake job. Depending on condition of existing parking brake shoes and amount of rust buildup in the rotor you may need to turn the star adjustment all the way in to get the rotor off. In my case that still wasn't enough and required a good beating.

Yeah, I've read the horror stories about getting the rotors off. I saw how people have been using the 1/2 bolts through the caliper bracket to pop them loose. I think between that and a BFH I should good. My main worry was when it came time to replace the shoes if it was going to be a straight forward uninstall/install or if there were any tips from those that have done it before could give me.

Thank you for your reply.

 

[tonydiv]

The safest thing to do is remove both rotors but only disassemble one side at a time. That way you can use the other side as a reference. Of course this assumes that the person who replaced them last time did it correctly

 

[KWT2000]

tony's way is a good way to do it. if the shoes came un glued from.the.backing make sure your axel seals are not leaking that is the main cause for that

 

[98EXPY 5-0]

I had my rotor off previously. And I've done standard drum brakes. My issue is the axle is kind of in the way and looks like it will hinder getting in there to change parts. Does it get in the way? My cable is also broken on that side, so I have a lot of work in getting them funtioning again. Just wondering how difficult it will be.

 

[catmandu]

Prior to doing this very repair, I had done maybe 4 sets of drum brakes in my life. Tony's 'see one, do one' method is what I used. Took longer than Midas, and there were some geometry issues caused by the axle, but overall not too tough.

 

[Jay87LX]

I just had my rotors off last week, The PB shoes are pretty easy. They are held on by small pins that enter in from the rear through the dust shields and held on by clips. Once the shoes are on you install the adjustment screw on the bottom and the ebrake lever on top (take that apart and grease it up) once everything is in place hold it all together with the correct springs, then install the rotor and adjust the adjustment screw so that shoes come in contact with the inner drum and it is "just" difficult to move.
I would get a hardware kit from autozone for $23 which will include new pins, springs, and adjustment screw and some grease to grease the adjustment screw up. Be sure when you assemble the adjustment screw you do so in a way that the "teeth" are accessible through the backing plate. Anymore questions feel free to ask and actually this set up is much simplerthan many others I have seen