How to change Drum Brakes Car
Drum Brakes is one way brakes the braking construction
vehicles use drum brake, the brake shoes (brake shoe), and also a cylindrical
wheel (wheel cylinder). In the vehicle, the drum brake has the distinction of
the kind that is used both in the front wheel or rear. This certainly has a
goal of keeping the brake system can function properly and optimally in
accordance with a defined system. Not only serves to stop the rate of vehicle,
drum brake also has a function as a parking brake or parking brake.
Drum brake has exceeded the limit of age wearing certainly
can make a car braking system is compromised; this will certainly have an
impact on your safety when driving a car. Make haste to do replacement brake
Drums as soon as possible when a component is not able to perform well.
Basically, the replacement of the brake Drum is not too difficult. But in the
process, you need a variety of special tools and a little bit of attention to
all the components. Replacement brake Drums that you do yourself at home can save
you the cost of mechanical services.
For that, check out the reviews here about the right ways to
do the replacement of the brake Drum:
-Use a mask of asbestos because the process of replacement
of brakes Drum you do related to the brake dust or asbestos dust and harmful to
health if inhaled. Do not use a regular mask, use a mask that has been
specifically designed for filtering asbestos.
-The first stage of the work is to take off the wheel, you
have to let go of the dop and Flex wheel nuts first. Chock the front wheels and
use the Jack to raise and support the car.
-Next, you should spray the wheels with dop-penetrating oil
(penetrating oil)
-To disconnect the edge of the Drum brake, Drum brake's
rocking for easy annulment. To release the Drum you might also need to postpone
setting brake with turning it so that it is quite difficult to remove drum.
Remove the screws that are present on some drum brake.
-Next, you need to conduct the examination of the drum brake
has been disconnected
-If drum brake has scratches, components of this one need to
be repaired or replaced.
-Before dismantling components, it is important for you to
photograph the location of all the components. Basically, the drum brake has
some springs and levers with different color to set the brake and parking brake
also.
-Use container to put the whole brake mechanism and spray
the brake cleaner use. A container that you use to perform the process of
spraying can help prevent dust from the brake mechanism of the fly. Don't
forget to use a mask when performing the process on this one because most of
the brake dust from asbestos is, and you certainly don't want to Snort it.
The next step, you need to do a comparison between the brake
shoes new with the old. You must ensure that the new brake shoes had holes in
the same place in accordance with the old brake shoes. But there are some
vehicles do have two different brake shoes, either on the front or the back.
Make sure the width of the brake shoes have the same size.
The moment you enter the disassembly step brake.
First, remove the spring behind the brake shoes.
- Next, release the parking brake lever.
- Release the retaining spring by holding the brake shoe
retaining pin from the back.
- To release the brake shoes, spread out the component first
and off of pin slinder wheels.
- Remove the brake shoe and to set simultaneously.
- After successful brake shoes removed, locate the old brake
shoes on the floor right next to the new brake shoes.
- In General, the brake shoes has the front and back are
different. The front brake shoes can be characterized by a shorter layer bar.
- To loosen the tension in the spring to set, turn back the
upper part of the brake shoes towards in slowly and carefully.
- To release the brake balance.
- After all components have been removed, do some checking and
clean all components of the brakes so that you can use to go back and check the
symptoms of damage or wear and tear that occurs so that you can perform
replacement of components when necessary.
- Replace all the spring brakes with new ones.
- You need to brake off balance and clear, use oil or oil to
lubricate the anti jam to set the brake.
- Start the installation of the spring with a link to the new
brake shoes correspond to the initial position.
- You also need to check the brake wheel cylinder, do the
replacement if there are signs of leaks against that component.
- This time the stage was the installation of new brake.
- You should clean the brake plates first and lubricate its
not jammed right with a little oil on the anchorage point and the launch point.
Do the brake regulator mounting with the one side which is a
left hand thread.
Install the regulator on the new brake shoes corresponds to
its place, to tighten the springs spread out the top of the component.
Reinstall the brake shoes in place and insert the retaining
pin through the hole.
- Install the brake
shoe retaining spring back properly.
- Put the brake
shoes wheel cylinders to pin.
- Reinstall the
brake hand lever.
- A spring behind
you will also need to plug it back in.
- Make sure that the
brake is in the position of the fitting against drum brakes, for set it up you
can use the brake Setup gauges.
Do a comparison between the new brake placements with photos
that have been taken in the previous process. Make sure whether there is a
difference in placement or not.
The last step is the preparation of returns all the
components.
First you have to shift the new Drum brake or surface that
is fixed at the top of the wheel bulge.
- If you have
difficulty installing a brake Drum please use a screw lock.
- Do the brakes
Setup through the brake Drum or brake Drum support plate until the brakes feels
a bit stuck.
- Reinstall the tire
properly and appropriately.
- Make sure the
brake Drum brake Setup feels a bit stuck. Don't be too excessive when
tightening the brake because it can be locked.
- Remove the buffer.
- Lower the Jack
slowly.
- Do the mounting
nuts back against along with dop wheels appropriately?
Do a test against
a vehicle in the street to make sure that the brake has been working well.