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brake disassembly








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        You can do this with a gripper                          On picture 11 above we show

        or a special tool designed to                           how the metal retainers of the
        loosen springs (picture below).                         brake shoe springs are loosened.

        Because all parts will be replaced,                     In edition 22 we discussed this

        it doesn't really matter here that                      in detail, the same approach
        we damage the spring with a                             applies to the rear brakes. You

        gripper. If you want to reuse the                       can see in the picture that you

        springs, we recommend using a                           have to block the hold down pin

        spring puller as shown here.                            at the rear, then push the metal
                                                                retainer inwards and then turn

                                                                it a quarter turn to unlock it.

                                                                Here we do this with a gripper
                                                                because we will replace all the

                                                                parts anyway. In edition 22 we

                                                                discussed special tools.












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