skinless_corpusI replaced the front and rear brakes on my truck.
Alicethats Awesome!
Thanks. I’m pretty happy that I finally got it done.
paequ2Neat. How difficult is this to do? Also, what’s the error tolerance like? I’m scared I’ll do it wrong and die.
I’ve been changing my oil for a while now. I recently decided to do my own tire rotation as well. Logical next step is to replace the brakes.
brapFront discs are pretty straight-forward but rears can be tricky depending on design. Drums can be a pain in the ass.
If you take lots of pictures before disassembly, it’s not that bad. The worst part is getting some of the springs back in place. They are pretty strong.
DIYing drum brakes is no joke! Nice work!
RhaedasWorse than drum brakes is the parking brakes if they are drum (I don't know if that's more common or not). Making it smaller just magnifies the problems using conventional tools.
Subaru does that it’s annoying as piss, luckily I haven’t had to duck with them yet.
ikiddHaving a drum brake tool makes it a lot less unpleasant. And take a picture of the setup before you start if you don’t have a detailed diagram for that particular setup, because they differ subtly in ways that aren’t obvious until you nearly have it all back together.
Remember, cars always have extra parts inside that aren't really needed when you reassemble. /s
You always have to remember, you know how to build an engine better than the engineers, and those bolts were complete overkill.
Thank you.
Always do drums one side at a time so you have a reference for when the vice grips slip and that springs boings off into outer space.