Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing brake shoes Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Hook (commercially available) t  Solid lubricant paste -G 000 650- (e.g. Wolfrakote Top Paste) Removing –  Remove wheels. –  Remove the brake drum → Chapter. –  Remove spring cap with pressure springs.

–  Lever out the brake shoes in the -direction of arrow- behind the bottom support plate using a screwdriver. –  Lay the brake shoes on the bottom support plate. –  Unhook the retractor spring at the bottom. –  Unhook the hand-brake cable. –  Carefully guide the brake shoes out between the wheel hub and the brake carrier. –  Tighten the brake shoe in the vice.

–  Unhook 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. Install

–  Insert the locating spring in the brake shoe and position the brake shoe on the pressure rod. –  Grease the contact point of the pressure rod with solid lubricant paste -G 000 650-, e.g. Wolfrakote Top Paste.

–  Hook locating spring -1- with hook -A- in the pressure rod -2-. –  Insert the wedge -3- at the same time. Fitting position: The raised part -arrow- must remain visible during installation. –  Insert the brake shoe with brake lever in the pressure rod. –  Grease the contact point of the pressure rod with solid lubricant paste -1-, e.g. Wolfrakote Top Paste.

–  Hook on the retractor spring at the top -3- with hook -A-. –  Hook on the tension spring -1- for wedge -2-. –  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. –  Insert the bottom retractor spring and lift the brake shoe behind the bottom support. –  Grease the contact points of the bottom retractor spring on the brake shoes with solid lubricant paste -G 000 650-, e.g. Wolfrakote Top Paste. –  Insert the pressure spring with spring cap. –  Install the brake drum. –  Forcefully actuate the brake pedal once. –  Setting the hand-brake. –  Attach the wheels.