Bronco Full Size V8-302 5.0L (1986)
Fig. 1 Drum Brake Assembly
1. Assemble parking brake lever on secondary shoe and secure with spring washer and retaining clip.
2. Apply light coating of suitable lubricant at points where brake shoes contact backing plate.
3. Position brake shoes on backing plate, then install hold down spring pins, springs, and cups. For additional information see Brake Spring Removal
and Installation Notes.
4. Install parking brake link, spring, and washer, then connect parking brake cable to parking brake lever.
5. Install anchor pin plate, then place cable anchor over anchor pin with crimped side facing backing plate.
6. Install primary shoe to anchor spring.
7. Install cable guide on secondary shoe web with flanged holes fitted into hole in secondary shoe web, then thread cable around cable guide groove.
Ensure that cable is positioned in groove and not between guide and shoe web.
8. Install secondary shoe to anchor spring. Ensure that all parts lay flat on anchor pin.
9. Remove clamp from wheel cylinder.
10. Apply suitable lubricant to threads and socket end of adjusting screw, turn adjusting screw into adjusting pivot nut to end of threads and back off
1/2 turn, then place adjusting socket on screw and install assembly between shoe ends with adjusting screw closer to secondary shoe. Socket end of
each adjusting screw is stamped ``R'' or ``L'' to indicate use on right or left side of vehicle. Adjusting pivot nuts can be identified by number of
lines machined around body of nut. Two lines indicate righthand nut and one line indicates lefthand nut.
11. Hook cable hook into hole in adjusting lever from outboard plate side. Adjusting levers are stamped ``R'' or ``L'' to indicate use on righthand or
lefthand brake assembly.
12. Place hooked end of adjuster spring in large hole in primary shoe web and connect looped end of spring to adjuster lever hole.
13. Pull adjuster lever, cable, and automatic adjuster spring down toward rear to engage pivot hook in large hole in secondary shoe web, then ensure
that adjusting mechanism works properly.
14. Install brake drums.
For additional information see Notes, Warnings, and Hints.