copper the rear brakes on a Pontiac Sunfire.
The rear spin brakes on a Pontiac Sunfire, passion those on other cars, Testament wear all the more faster than the brakes in the front. When you pocket money the rear brakes, you extremity to discharge both wheels at the alike age regardless of the wear that is extant. Changing the rear brakes is not compressed, on the contrary you must discharge it properly or they won't perform as they should. Study the drums for damage or Exorbitant wear when you pennies the brakes, in position the drums exigency replacing also.
Instructions
1. Field the machine on a equable surface and assign rotate chocks in front of the front wheels.
2. Jack the machine up with an machine jack on the side that you Testament be working on.
3. City the jack stand under the frame of the van near the jacking end and up thrust it as high-reaching as you can to the frame.
4. Remove the rotate and the brake drum. Provided the drum is hard to receipts off, hit it distinct times with a rubber mallet until it breaks for free.
5. Adoption pliers to remove the round locking springs. Hire the top of the spring with the pliers, push the spring down, and twist it until it comes gratuitous.
6. Lift up the actuator and disconnect the actuator link by removing it from the slot in the actuator. Remove the actuator, the spindle and the spring when it is disconnected.
7. Spread the brake shoes apart with your hands until they light the cylinder pistons, and then remove the parking brake strut by removing the spring with spring pliers.
8. Spread the brake shoes apart with your hands far Sufficiently to clarion the circle hub and disconnect the parking brake cable. Whether Exorbitant leakage is exhibit, they Testament need to be replaced.12. Lubricate the parking brake lever with the brake grease provided with the brake shoes.13.
Clean dirt and dust from the backing plate with a damp cloth.
11. Contemplate the rotate cylinders to evaluation for Exorbitant leakage. Cut the shoes off of the circle.9. Operate pliers to remove the C clip from the parking brake lever, and remove it from the shoe.10.
Reattach the parking brake lever to the shoe with a C clip.
14. Attach the adjusting screw and spring to the brake shoes using the spring pliers to clip it into place. Make sure the coils do not touch the star wheel on the adjuster.
15. Lubricate the shoe contact surface on the backing plate with brake grease.
16. Spread the shoe assembly apart and reconnect the parking brake cable to the lever. Attach the brake shoes to the backing plate and lock into them into place with the locking springs (by pushing them in with pliers and twisting).
17.Spread the shoes apart slightly with your hands and use spring pliers to reconnect the parking brake strut and the spring.
18. Install the actuator pivot, lever and return spring, and then lift the actuator lever up and hook it to the lever.
19. Measure the width of the inside of the drum and then measure the width of the brake shoes. Adjust them as needed by spinning the star screw on the adjuster until they reach the proper width.
20. Replace the drum over the brake shoes and reinstall the wheel.
21. Remove the jack stand and lower the car to the ground.
22. Repeat the process on the other wheel.
