Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing brake shoe - Drum brake Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Hook (commercially available) t  Solid lubricant paste -G 000 650- Removing: –  Remove wheel. –  Remove securing screw to brake drum.

–  Reset the brake by using a screwdriver to press the wedge up through a hole for the securing screw in the brake drum. Wedge shown in the fig. S46-0093 Pos. 5 → Chapter. –  Remove the brake drum. –  Remove spring cap with pressure springs.

–  Use a screwdriver to lever off the brake shoes from the bottom support in the direction of the arrow. –  Unhook the retractor spring at the bottom. –  Unhook the hand-brake cable. –  Carefully remove the brake shoes between the wheel hub and the brake carrier.

–  Tighten the brake shoe in the vice. –  Remove the tension spring -1- for wedge -2-. –  Unhook the retractor spring at the top -3- with hook -A-.

–  Unhook the locating spring -1- with hook -A-. –  Remove the pressure rod -2- and the wedge -3- from the brake shoe. Installing:

–  Grease the contact surface for the pressure rod using solid lubricant paste -G 000 650-. –  Insert the locating spring -1- in the brake shoe -2- and position the brake shoe on the pressure rod -3-

–  Hook locating spring -1- with hook -A- in the pressure rod -2-. –  Insert wedge -3-.   Note Pay attention to the fitting position of the wedge. The raised part of the wedge -arrow- must remain visible during installation.

–  Grease the contact surface for the pressure rod using solid lubricant paste -G 000 650-. –  Insert the brake shoe with brake lever in the pressure rod. –  Hook on the retractor spring at the top -3- with hook -A-. –  Hook on the tension spring -1- for wedge -2-. –  Carefully guide the brake shoes in between the wheel hub and the brake carrier. –  Position the brake shoe on the brake cylinder piston. –  Hook the hand-brake cable onto the brake lever. –  Grease the contact points of the bottom retractor spring on the brake shoe with solid lubricant paste -G 000 650-. –  Insert the bottom retractor spring and lift the brake shoe onto the bottom bracket. –  Insert the pressure spring with spring cap. –  Install the brake drum. –  Activate the foot pedal forcefully once; this causes the rear wheel-brake to be adjusted. –  Setting the hand-brake → Chapter. –  Attach the wheel.