Alright now I'm in trouble...

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:36 am

Ok, so my progress so far with the drums is as follows:

Got the drums off: check

Got the springs, tensioners, and shoes off: check

BUT now I think I've completely screwed myself over.

In the Haynes manual I'm looking at it told me to remove the e-brake cable from the e-brake lever. (which then attaches to one of the shoes) The problem is that the e-brake cable has an amazingly tight spring coiled around it that won't allow me enough room to replace the e-brake lever. Is there anyway I can detach the spring in order to give me some slack? And if not: What the heck am I going to do?

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:10 am

Rotors are worped bad prolly. Have them turned or replaced.

And stop being so hard on your brakes!!

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:25 am

Check ur guide pins all around, make sure they move freely if not they need to be greased up till they do. If they started rusting lighty sand them before and make sure it moves freely and then grease them. I would definitely replace pads and rotors on the rears. The burning smell could be from the pad making contact all the time.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:04 pm

teamliviD wrote:And stop being so hard on your brakes!

Yeah, I know. I just love to abuse them, though!

thttxboy wrote:I would definitely replace pads and rotors on the rears. The burning smell could be from the pad making contact all the time.

Well, I have the drums in the back so I'll take that as replacing the shoes...

Man I hate drums. Need to get a swap going soon. Thanks guys for the quick info!

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:03 pm

JeffM wrote:Man I hate drums. Need to get a swap going soon. Thanks guys for the quick info!

ohhh I miss read ur OP ok well if u have drums in the rear they might just need to be adjusted but if ur getting a burning smell maybe the brake cylinder is leaking and ur burning brake fluid and may need to be replaced.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:53 pm

Alright well, after thinking about it I decided to just go out and buy all my replacment part for my drums. I bought the drum, the springs and clips and the shoes.

My new problem: I can't get the drum off for the life of me! The manual just says to pull it off OR if it doesn't come off with ease just turn the 'adjuster screw star wheel'.

HUWHAT?

What am I suppose to look for?! I can't see anything that looks 'star wheel' like.

Any help to get this damn drum off would be great!

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:43 pm

Anyone got any ideas?

latief · Post by **latief** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:04 pm

viewtopic.php?t=22487

this is for the disk brake, but i think it is the same adjusting star thingy .....

check it out

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:16 pm

latief wrote:viewtopic.php?t=22487

this is for the disk brake, but i think it is the same adjusting star thingy .....

check it out

aaaah crap so that's what that plug was for. Well thanks but I FINALLY got the drum off with a crowbar and a mallet. What a Biznatch these things are.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:23 pm

BUMP for new help stuff at top!

latief · Post by **latief** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:55 pm

check your pm

latief · Post by **latief** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:46 am

did it get fixed ?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:16 pm

haha, yeah I got the drumbs all fixed. Had to take out the center console to release the ebrake line. Then that allowed me to get the ebrake lever back in place in the drum. The second drum was a breeze after that. Thanks for the help, latief.

latief · Post by **latief** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:22 pm