Advice On Brake Shoe's

[snyde1]

Could someone give some advice please ,on my Corolla 1991 model fitted with drum brakes.

This weekend I am hopefully fitting new drum brakes to the rear of this car.

It seems straight forward but for the handbrake auto self adjusting mechanism

Do I have to reset this somehow and if so how please?

From Steve Hyde (South Croydon)

[gazza1286]

You will need to consider two issues which are not covered on the HAYNES manual:

(i) Trying to remove the hub using the 'extraction' bolts is a waste of time. The only real way to get the drums off is with a heavy mallet. Repeated strikes on the face and edge will loosen the corrosion and free the drums.

(ii) The self-adjusting mechanism resets by setting and releasing the handbrake whilst the car is on the axel-stands. Yu will hear the mechanism continue to 'click' until the adjusters push the shoes to the optimum position.

[snyde1]

Hi Gazza,

Thanks for replying.

So do not have to reset the handbrake auto adjustment manually,

or do they reset themselves.

Sorry I must sound like an Idiot,but I have only fitted drum shoes to

a Ford escort were you reset it using a screwdriver.

Regards

Steve Hyde (South Croydon)

quote name='gazza1286' date='Sep 11 2006, 04:21 PM' post='575164']

You will need to consider two issues which are not covered on the HAYNES manual:

(i) Trying to remove the hub using the 'extraction' bolts is a waste of time. The only real way to get the drums off is with a heavy mallet. Repeated strikes on the face and edge will loosen the corrosion and free the drums.

(ii) The self-adjusting mechanism resets by setting and releasing the handbrake whilst the car is on the axel-stands. Yu will hear the mechanism continue to 'click' until the adjusters push the shoes to the optimum position.