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Make sure to loosen the adjustment wheel on the back of the brake drum, it is a little wheel in a sloted area. turn it over and over and over and over and the brake pads go in, then use the
Make sure to loosen the adjustment wheel on the back of the brake drum, it is a little wheel in a sloted area. turn it over and over and over and over and the brake pads go in, then use the
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Start loosening the adjusters, blow out the dust
with compressed air, do not breathe the dust as it is toxic.If it does not come out you will need to hammer carefully around the rim. If it still does not come out use a ball
ping hammer, and hit the center of the
drum being extremely careful not to hit the studs or you will damage it. An alternative way to do this is hitting the drum in the
center avoiding the studs and making sure you are hitting the drum and
not the axle. Usually you hit it a couple of times with a hammer and the
drum comes off. If you do not do it the right way you may damage brakes, studs and axle.
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REMOVING REAR BRAKE DRUM SUB-ASSEMBLY
1. Release the parking brake and remove the rear
brake drum.
If the rear brake drum cannot be removed easily,
do the following:-
2.Remove the hole rubber and insert a screwdriver
through the hole into the backing plate, and hold the
automatic adjust lever away from the adjuster.
3.Using another screwdriver, contract the brake shoe
by turning the adjuster.
4. Take out the brake drum from the flange.
5. remove the shoe hold down spring cup, shoe hold down spring, pin and front side brake shoe.
6. Remove the tension spring. Remove the shoe return spring from the rear brake shoe and remove the parking brake shoe strut set.
7. Remove the shoe holding spring cup, shoe hold spring, pin and rear brake shoe.
8. separate the parking brake cable.
9. Remove the automatic adjust lever tension spring and remove the automatic adjust lever.
10. remove the C-washer and remove the parking brake shoe lever.
NOTE: Do not use any solvent like gasoline to wash the brake parts.
Always wear safety goggles and mask before using compressed air.
Remove wheel and make sure parking brake is off. Pull on drum. If it won't move take a big hammer and hit the sholder of the drum They will get rust on them and may stick. A quick jar with a hammer usually helps with this. http://www.ehow.com/video_2327529_remove-tires-brake-drum.html
Hello, The rear rotor has 2 sets of brakes on it. The other thing is to look for slight movement in the driveshaft when it clunks. Depending on the rearend, some have to have both rear wheels off the ground to turn each side. And of course the trans in Neutral.
With the rear wheel you have an Emergency brake and a drum brake inside the center of the Rotor.
The rear of the brake backing plate has a rubber plug which is covering the Star-wheel adjustment for those drum brakes. You can try to loosen the Star-wheel to disengage the Emergency brake shoes. You can try pulling the brake cables toward the cab, to loosen the cables.
If this does not help, your Emergency brake shoe probably rusted off the brake mount and is jammed inside the drum. The linings fall off the metal like banana skins. I can tell you that if the Emergency brakes are a State safety requirement, you need to consider new rotors because the drum portion is usually trashed with rust.
After you remove the tire, the drim should slide off. If it doesn't then try using a rubber mallet and gently tap on the outside edge as you pull on it. Sometimes you also need to tap on the drum in the center part. I have sprayed penetrating lubes like WD-40 or PB Blaster into the seam at the center. You may also have to back off the parking brake cable or even use the adjuster to back off the shoes.
The parking brake cable is not releasing, usually due to corrosion within the cable jacket or inside the drum if it has drum rear brakes. Put the rear end up on jack stands and have a helper push and release the parking brake and watch what the cable is doing on both sides. You should be able to see the hang up. If it is inside the brake drum you may want to try a bit of WD40 applied to the cable where it enters the backing plate. Do not go overboard with it as it will collect inside on the drum's braking surface.
Depress and turn the retainers for the
hold-down springs and pins to remove them from each shoe. Slide the brake shoe assembly--including the
shoes and springs--down so you can disengage the top ends of the shoes
from the cylinder and tilt them to lift them past the retaining plate.
Unhook the lower retracting spring from the
front brake shoe to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom
to remove the adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the
adjuster lever. Remove the front brake shoe.
Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal cutting pliers,
grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it, unhook the cable from
the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake shoe with the lever.
Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by spreading the
retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip and its spring
washer.
Step 4
Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal
cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it,
unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake
shoe with the lever.
Step 5
Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by
spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip
and its spring washer.
Step 3
Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe
to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the
adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever.
Remove the front brake shoe.
Step 4
Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal
cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it,
unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake
shoe with the lever.
Step 2
Slide the brake shoe assembly--including the shoes and
springs--down so you can disengage the top ends of the shoes from the
cylinder and tilt them to lift them past the retaining plate.
Step 3
Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe
to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the
adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever.
Remove the front brake shoe.
Step 4
Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal
cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it,
unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake
shoe with the lever.
Step 5
Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by
spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip
and its spring washer.
Step 2
Slide the brake shoe assembly--including the shoes and
springs--down so you can disengage the top ends of the shoes from the
cylinder and tilt them to lift them past the retaining plate.
Step 3
Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe
to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the
adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever.
Remove the front brake shoe.
Step 4
Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal
cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it,
unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake
shoe with the lever.
Step 5
Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by
spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip
and its spring washer.
There are 4 bolts for each rear axle. They are located behind the rear brake drums. Remove e-brake cable from rear drum and take off brake line.(carefully). I recomend draining and changing your rear differential fluid too, because if the fluid by run out of axle housing. also you should replace the seals for the axles of if you are changing the bearings. When you are done don't forget to bleed your brakes, and hooking up e-brake cable. I hope this answers your question.
i think your aware of how to change the brakes if im right and your problem is the rusted drum doesnt want to come off the only way to get the old drum off is to remove adjuster plug from behind drum dustshield and adjust the shoes so that there not even close to the braking area of the drum then try and wiggle the drum off of the assembly if it is not coming off then you need to use the old nylon hammer on the drum and i mean you must hit the drum from side to side trying by hand to wiggle the drum off its a tight fit and you need to strike the drum on the face not on the fins not wanting to damage with persistance and care and patience you will eventually be able to remove the drum to service brakes take care and good luck with it
Make sure to loosen the adjustment wheel on the back of the brake drum, it is a little wheel in a sloted area. turn it over and over and over and over and the brake pads go in, then use the
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