2001 Ford Focus Rear Drum Brake Removal and Reassembly

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10 жыл бұрын

I wanted to try my hand at making a video and I thought I might as well make something useful. It should be obvious from the video that I'm not a mechanic.

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@craigweaver8795 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video..the adjustment on the brakes helped me get my drum back on. I have been fighting it for two days..thanks

@johnsellers2999 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks your video showed me the thing that was giving me a problem,the one small spring on the right side holding the adjuster plate. I was trying to put it on after I had the assembly on the car and it would just keep popping off. Thanks again. Good job on video

@3melendr592 5 жыл бұрын

The e brake cable is best re inserted in the rear pad before putting it together with the rest of the assembly.

@joehyundaitech7961 3 жыл бұрын

you did a great job and video and thanks

@metaldad4694 8 жыл бұрын

great video jack rear drum brake have always been a pain.

@jackschmidt6984 8 жыл бұрын

+richard pierani Glad it helped, Richard.

@nathanaelsawatzky7443 7 жыл бұрын

174 lbs? On a 3' breaker bar? That's 522 ft-lbs of torque. The torque spec is 173 ft-lbs haha, use a 1foot bar on it and you're bang on! Lol thought that was kinda funny. Good runthrough though!

@thetruthmatters7 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the good video. God bless you, and Jesus loves you.

@RingwoodLive 7 жыл бұрын

THANX ! Great video - Big help

@RingwoodLive 7 жыл бұрын

Gotta warn people of a "trap" with this car - Parts places will give you the WRONG wheel cylinder if you do not check! Oddly enough Ford specs a DIFFERENT one for automatic and manual trans. A garage in Maine put a manual one in for my son (while going to school there) when I took the wheel off it was a gooey mess what with the blown cylinder. Put a new one of the same type in and it BLEW on the test ride! Did some research and found out the one for auto trans has a longer travel - physically about a half inch longer. you can tell by the ends of the pistons - Manual is rounded ends, Auto trans is a flat more pronounced piston.

@cjannh4376 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video Jack - your guidance has been extremely helpful. Could you please tell me the size of the big nut in the center? Thank you in advance :)

@jackschmidt6984 10 жыл бұрын

I don't remember. Sorry!

@cjannh4376 10 жыл бұрын

Jack Schmidt No problem! I figured it out-it takes a 30mm socket :)

@effingreat 8 жыл бұрын

Poor kid.

@tileman17 6 жыл бұрын

I KNOW RIGHT!

@Nickscassera 6 жыл бұрын

for real... like damn

@Nickscassera 6 жыл бұрын

but very informative!

@ufoabove 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Jack, good video. I haven't worked on a car with this type of adjuster before. I'm thinking I need to pull the drums again and make sure everything is positioned correctly. Pedal isn't feeling as it should.

@jackschmidt6984 9 жыл бұрын

If you're going to check out the adjuster, I suggest you remove the drum by removing the four bolts on the back side of the plate instead of taking off the big nut in front. The big nuts are supposed to be replaced after four installations, and, anyway, removing and replacing the four bolts is easier. Also, if you think maybe the brake lines could use bleeding, you could try that first because it's probably easier.

@johnwallacemcclure1143 2 жыл бұрын

Replaced shoes, can't get drum to go back on (using existing drum). Released tension, removed groove on drum. Was hoping to see a trick.

@jackschmidt6984 2 жыл бұрын

Those are the two things I would have suggested to check. Since those are OK I can only guess that parts didn't get assembled correctly, causing the shoes to be farther apart than they should. It is a tricky assembly. Sorry I can't help.

@johnwallacemcclure1143 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackschmidt6984 I got the adjuster totally retracted and crossed the finish line in winning colors!

@wildosvt 8 жыл бұрын

No torque wrench? No way.

@cucvo6421 7 жыл бұрын

@Dave-co1cv 2 жыл бұрын

OMG, you actually think using your own body weight provides accurate torque! You're forgetting that torque leverage plays into it based on the length of the lever.

@jackschmidt6984 2 жыл бұрын

That joke was obvious to everyone else.