It is a pain in the neck, but no you don't assemble it all
beforehand.
Put the top shoe in place and hang the springs off the top shoe.
With the slave cylinder end of the bottom shoe in place, carefully
attach the spring to the bottom shoe. You'll need some long needle
nose pliers.
put a dob of grease on the bottom brake adjuster wedge (so it doesn't
keep falling out) and put it in place. Now with the bottom shoe (adjuster
side only) sitting out from the adjuster (the other end is in the slave
cylinder slot), attach the spring carefully.
Stretch it over the adjuster bracket and it will snap into place.
It sounds easy but it is frustrating. It normally takes maybe 5 or 10
minutes of stuffing around I guess.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Evangelos G. Makris <emakris@hol.gr>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 5:16 AM
Subject: rear brake shoes/springs - help
>Please help me get out of this nightmare.
>
>When installing new shows in the rear brakes, must I assemble
>the shoes and springs BEFORE I offer the system to the
>backplate or can I put the return springs in later? (HOW?)
>
>Are the springs always parallel, cause if they are not
>then one of them will chafe against the wheel hub. Is this OK?
>(don't think so, but, I let myself be surprised...)
>
>If there is only one single action wheel cylinder on the
>backplate how on Earth is the "other" shoe ever pushed
>towards the drum? (The one not pushed directly by the
>cylinder piston)
>
>Thank you very much
>
>Evangelos
>
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