Forester F4-2.5L SOHC (2004)
Parking Brake Shoe: Service and Repair
Parking Brake Assembly (Rear Disc Brake)
REMOVAL
1) Pull down and release the parking brake.
2) Remove the two mounting bolts and remove the disc brake assembly.
3) Suspend the disc brake assembly so that the hose is not stretched.
4) Remove the disc rotor.
NOTE: If the disc rotor is difficult to remove, try the following two methods in order.
1) Turn the adjusting screw using a flat tip screwdriver until brake shoe gets away enough from the disc rotor.
2) If the disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive the disc rotor out by installing two 8-mm bolt in holes B on rotor.
5) Remove the shoe return spring from parking brake assembly.
