Parking Brake System: Service and Repair

Park Brake Hardware Replacement

Removal Procedure
1. Raise the vehicle. Refer to Vehicle Lifting.





2. Remove the tire and wheel assembly.

Important: If the brake drum is going to be reused, mark the relationship of the brake drum to one of the wheel studs. This will ensure the proper that the brake drum will be replaced to its original position.

3. Remove the rear brake drum.
4. Using denatured alcohol, clean the rear brake shoes and hardware.
5. Using non-lubricated, filtered compressed air, dry the rear brake shoes and hardware.





6. Remove the rear brake shoes and hardware.
7. Remove the park brake hardware.

Installation Procedure

Important: Apply a high temperature silicone lubricant to all of the brake component metal contact points where the brake shoe metal contacts the backing plate, the wheel cylinder and the adjustment strut, etc. prior to installation.





1. Replace the park brake hardware components as necessary.
2. Install the drum brake shoes and hardware.





3. Install the rear brake drum.
4. Install the tire and wheel assembly.
5. Lower the vehicle. Refer to Vehicle Lifting.