Chicken feed Drum Brakes on a Chevy Cobalt
The Chevrolet Cobalt, which replaced the Cavalier in 2005, is manufactured with a coincidental rear drum braking development. The shoes and interior surface of the drums are routine perpetuation items, on the other hand changing the integral parts of the Cobalt's drum brakes is not exceptionally hard.
Instructions
1. Lift the Cobalt at the rear trundle by placing the jack imagination onto a frame inveigh and pumping the lever until the turn is in the air. (Close not levy the jack onto the oppose or suspension.) Secure the jack with a jack stand in the twin mark.
2. Remove the rear revolve by turning the lug nuts counterclockwise. Gate the circle off of the hub and assign it absent from the commission universe.
3. Remove the drum by turning the keeper screw counterclockwise and sliding the drum from the brake assembly. Inspect the interior drum surface for scarring or pitting, and inspect the wheel cylinder on the brake assembly for leaks.
4. Remove the shoes by levering off the long springs with a screwdriver or brake tool, then turning the spring bolts in the center of each shoe counterclockwise. The shoes will slide off, directly away from the backing plate.
5. Replace the shoes with new units by pressing them into the brake assembly, then securing them with the spring bolts and long springs. Resurface or replace the drum and slide it over the shoes until it reaches the backing plate. Remove the jack stand and lower the Cobalt from the jack by turning the pressure screw counterclockwise.7. Repeat the procedure on the opposite brake.
Turn the keeper screw clockwise.6. Replace the wheel by turning the lug nuts clockwise, in an alternating pattern.
