A pair of brake shoes will be identical to each other, but the end which
goes uppermost on one goes lowermost (is that a word?) on the other. To be
honest you don't need to bother sketching it, because it's not difficult to
work out - only one end has the little hole that the parking brake lever
pokes through. That means that the front shoe can only go in one way, so
for the rear shoe the little hole has to go at the bottom.
The only hard part of brake shoe replacement is trying to get the b*%@&?y
springs connected up to the shoes - awkward, but you'll get there.
Have you got the brake drum off yet? If not, this can be tricky - it's held
on by a pair of Phillips-head screws (although one or even both may have got
lost over time...), and these can be DAMNED tight. Don't try too hard
trying to remove them, or you will mess up the screw head and that is BAD.
You are better off investing in an impact driver - a fantastic tool, and
guaranteed to remove these screws no problem.
You may also find you need to slacken off the brake adjuster (square-head
screw sticking out the bottom inside of the brake) to get the drum off - and
you certainly will need to slacken it off once new shoes are fitted, so
might as well do it early and make life easier on yourself. It's worth
buying the special spanner to adjust this - it's not expensive, and doing it
with an adjustable spanner is a PITA.
Richard & Daffy
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