How to Install Brake Shoes and Drum Brakes

How to Install Brake Shoes and Drum Brakes


A key safety component on your car is your braking system. As time goes on and the miles add up, your brakes will wear down and need to be replaced. The brakes on the rear wheels of many cars are drum brakes. Drum brakes are a type of braking system in which the brake pads are inside a drum that is mounted on the wheel. When the brakes are engaged, the brake pads press out against the inside of the drum. Replacing the brake shoes and drum brakes is a maintenance task that you can do yourself in one day.

Things You'll Need
Brake wash
Safety goggles
Gloves
Non-drying silicon brake lubricant
Brake shoes


Instructions
Clean the wheel with brake wash. Wear safety goggles and gloves because the dirt on the wheel might contain asbestos from the brake pads.

Lubricate the spots where the brake shoes attach to the wheel with non-drying silicon brake lubricant. Place the new brake shoes on to the wheel assembly.

Attach the spring loaded retainers onto the wheel to hold the brake shoes in place while you install the adjuster arm.

Install the adjuster-arm spring, adjuster cable and brake shoe springs.

Attach the adjuster cable to the adjuster arm.

Install the brake drum onto the wheel assembly.

Put the tire back onto the wheel assembly and secure it with the lug wrench.




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