How do you remove a spring from a drum brake?
How do you remove a spring from a drum brake? Use the drum brake pliers or the needle nose pliers to remove the upper shoe spring. Tip one of the shoes downward to relieve tension on the lower show spring and remove the spring by hand. Clean the rear brakes as desired and to replace, reverse the procedure and adjust the shoes to the drum. When did they start using self adjusting drum brakes? As the shoes in drum brakes wear, brakes required regular manual adjustment until the introduction of self-adjusting drum brakes in the 1950s. Drums are prone to...