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36tudordeluxe · 07-30-2013, 02:54 PM

Could someone give me the proper sequence for installing rear brake shoes on a Granada 8"? Do I install shoes to backing plate & then install upper springs or do I put bottom spring in first?

parklane · 07-30-2013, 10:04 PM

I always install the shoes on the backing plate first, then install the self adjuster, then the springs. BTW short shoe goes on the front.

ford3 · 07-30-2013, 11:24 PM

i install the bottom spring to he shoes with the adjusters installed, and emergency brake cable installed to one shoe, spread shoes install on the backing plates, then the holding pins, then last the oblong washer and heavy spring that goes to both shoes

36tudordeluxe · 07-31-2013, 12:00 AM

Thanks guys, I'll be back in the garage in the morning.

Ole Don · 07-31-2013, 08:11 AM

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And wear your glasses. Those springs can do strange things.

07-30-2013, 02:54 PM	#1
36tudordeluxe Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,260	How to install rear brakes on Ford 8"? Could someone give me the proper sequence for installing rear brake shoes on a Granada 8"? Do I install shoes to backing plate & then install upper springs or do I put bottom spring in first?

07-30-2013, 10:04 PM	#2
parklane Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: St.Thomas, ON Canada Posts: 598	Re: How to install rear brakes on Ford 8"? I always install the shoes on the backing plate first, then install the self adjuster, then the springs. BTW short shoe goes on the front. __________________ If brains were wire, some couldn't short circuit a firefly

07-30-2013, 11:24 PM	#3
ford3 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: oroville calif. Posts: 1,453	Re: How to install rear brakes on Ford 8"? i install the bottom spring to he shoes with the adjusters installed, and emergency brake cable installed to one shoe, spread shoes install on the backing plates, then the holding pins, then last the oblong washer and heavy spring that goes to both shoes

07-31-2013, 12:00 AM	#4
36tudordeluxe Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,260	Re: How to install rear brakes on Ford 8"? Thanks guys, I'll be back in the garage in the morning.

07-31-2013, 08:11 AM	#5
Ole Don Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Michael, Minnesota Posts: 1,713	Re: How to install rear brakes on Ford 8"? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) And wear your glasses. Those springs can do strange things.