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496 BRAKE SYSTEM REAR DRUM BRAKES 1 Brake shoe 2 Wheel cylinder 3 Auto adjuster mechanism 4 Brake shoe hold down assy. 5 Parking brake mechanism 1 2 3 4 5 Functionally, the working of front brake and rear brake system is same but in case of rear brake system, parking brake is added. In this, hand brake lever is levered on trailing shoe with a pin. When parking brake is applied, the length of the strut assembly increases which results into application of brake on rear wheel, mechanically. When the parking brake is released the protector cum spring pushes back the hand brake lever and shoe return spring retracts back the shoes to its original position.