Refurbishing Drum Brakes - Whoa It Down - CHP Step By Step
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Before our install, we placed the new actuator lever onto the trailing shoe (secondary) with the lever pivot (A) in place to locate it. Notice how the primary shoe's friction material area (B) is smaller than the secondary shoe's (C). The primary shoe (smaller of the two) always faces forward (like an arrowhead). With the backing plate clean, we also lubed all of the brake-shoe contact areas with a small amount of high-melting-point silicone grease. View Related Article
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