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13.REMOVAL OF SHOES
Jack up the vehicle. Remove the wheels. Remove
the brake drum as per the above procedure.
Remove parking brake cable holding clip.
Detach the hand brake cable from the lever on the
trailing shoe by moving the lever towards the
centre of the brake and removing the cable end
from its location in the end of the lever.
Using a suitable drift, take out the end of the shoe
return spring from the hole in the w/cyl end of the
trailing shoe.
Reduce the adjuster assembly to its minimum
length by lifting the end of the pawl lever and
rotating the serrated adjuster nut.
Taking care not to damage the rubber dust covers
(2.1) on the wheel cylinder body (2), slide both
shoes (3 & 4) off the wheel cylinder pistons.
Manipulate the shoes to detach the adjuster
assembly and shoe return spring (7).