i just did this on my 96 corolla. took me a while on the first side. the other side went a lot quicker. here in alexandria, a gas station wanted to charge me $330 dollars just to replace the shoes. i paid $150 dollars for quality shoes and drums. thanks for the inspiration.

I need a woman like you....LOL. It's great to see a female willing to not only "literally" get her hands dirty, take something apart, figure out how it works and put it all back together good as new. Thanks again for the video...I gotta tackle this on an 06' Corolla really soon.

Girl Power, very impressive skills! I did these brakes yesterday and it took me 3 hours to finally get one side correct. What makes this job challenging is the tight space of the brake assembly, number of springs involved, and the star adjuster must fit exactly right or you can't install the drum. Good look to all...

I just wanted to tell you that your instructional video is top notch and I will get around to following this as soon as I can figure out how to get a stuck wheel off of the hub. Worked on both sides most of the day using pry bars, crow bars , even set the car down and with a couple of lug nuts holding the wheel on tried rocking the car from side to side and nothing. Funny thing is I got the wheels off before and sanded and greased the hub to keep this from happening again and now they're stuck solid.

Great Video breakitandlearn (great to see a young lady doing her own mechanical work and reminds me of all the years I spent teaching my daughters to work on cars/trucks/motorcycles), first of all, but to help a little more I'll point out the following: That is you left out a very crucial part of how to get the drums off at the beginning of the video . There is usually a rubber plug at the top inside/backside of the drum that inserts into an elongated oval access hole. After removing that rubber plug, you will have access to the brake adjuster, of which you will need to use 2 screwdrivers or special tools to screw back in the adjuster and this relieves or adjusts the brake pads inwards towards the center and away from the drum. If you look inside that hole, you will see the automatic adjuster arm that rests on the splined/geared/star wheel adjuster, you will need to pull that arm away from adjust with one screwdriver or special tool, while you use the other screwdriver or special tool turn in the adjuster. You need to pay attention, so you don't adjust it out more which would turn the adjuster in a way that pushes the brake pads outwards towards the drum. Best method is realize that on most drum brakes the automatic adjuster arm pushes downwards on that spline/geared/star wheel adjuster, so after pulling it away from spline/gear/star wheel, you then need to turn spline/gear/star wheel upwards to screw in the adjuster and thus backing the shoes inwards! You will feel the drum loosening, but if you do this the opposite direction, then you will feel the drum tightening up and you will not be able to rotate or turn the drum. Also, after loosing the facing of the drum from the hub/bearing assembly (part that your lugs are attached to) and backing in the brake shoe adjusters, if you are still having problems getting off the drum, then you can use 2 bolts in those little holes opposite of each other on the face of the drum to pull the drum away and off. Toyota designed those screw holes just for that purpose. So as you screw in the bolts, a little on each side alternating as you go, it should release the drum or you may hear a pop if the shoes are stuck to the inside of the drum. Not sure of the threading and pitch of the bolts needed, but I'm sure someone can reply and give that information. Also the leading (front) shoes should have more or longer brake pad surface, than the trailing edge shoe/pad. Sometimes aftermarket pads have nearly the same but the leading shoes (front) they have manufactured to be rotated higher to the top and the rear she pad area will be rotated towards the bottom. I think they do this to help prevent confusion just in case people put the shoes on wrong, but its a bad way to manufacturer shoes as this can cause the clicking sound as the shoes rotate outwards, when its easier just to have the longer pad wear area on the 2 shoes that goes to the leading/front side...which for most experienced mechanics in the end causes less confusion. I also noticed you greased the protruding rests on the backplate to help the shoes slide better as they are pushed outwards, but this may not be necessary other than cleaning that area well and spraying some anti seize and wiping it off well, and this is because certain wrong types of grease can attract the brake dust or rust and cause the shoes to hang up or drag. Either way if you do grease those areas, just use the same brake silicone or Moly intended for brakes and only put a very thin film of it on there (don't glob it up), but again not really necessary if they are cleaned well and just lubricated with special anti-seize brake lubricant. I hope these are helpful hints! Thanks again breakitandlearn for the helpful and informative Post, and I compliment you again for a fine and inspiring video for all the ladies and gents out there!

You did a great job with the video. I recognize and appreciate the way your mind works. It was a great project for your purposes while providing organized significant value to others in the process. Well done.

i got to do the same thing i can fix almost anything but rear brakes always seem to give me a hard time,,, so you did a GREAT job :)

How can THIS video NOT put a smile on your face! Really nice! Gotta change my pads and shoes soon. This will surely help!

I just performed this on my wife's car. Great vid, it was very helpful. Those clips were a pain in the arse.

I've done lots of brake jobs and you did pretty good for a beginner. Nice job.

Wait, that's a woman changing her brakes. great job

I was just going to start that on my 06 Corolla. I am so happy to find this video. What a great job. So nice and clear. Will take you to a nice dinner if you ever are in my town dear. Thanks

WOW, I'm truly impressed, and people who know me, know that is rare. Being spiteful toward these ripoff shops (cars, bikes, stereos) is a huge motivator for me as well. People tease my DIY attitude, but it's less risky than the risk of being upsold for every little thing you 'leave to the professionals.' I wish more people had that old 'can-do' attitude. Helpful and very high quality video as well!

Nicely done! Watching this was quicker than finding the manual, and more instructive. Plus what cool sound effects!

The only video I understand thank u so much for saving me 400 $

You are really awesome for tackling this repair alone, my cousin and I didn't have a clue but we're a lil more confidence now that we've seen your vid, hopefully we can get this done by the end of the weekend.... thats if Lao new year doesnt' get in the way.

This video was helpful to me when I did the rear brakes on someone's 2001 Corolla. I don't know who the 63 dumb-asses are who gave this a thumbs down...

You made this look easy, sure wish I'd watched you do this prior to my installing the drivers side and breaking the wheel cylinder. Now I gotta do the passenger side. Hope I can do it easy as you did. .

THANK YOU So much for this video...I watched at least 6-7 others which didn't describe the brake job the way you did. yours made it so much easier to do the job. THANKs again!!!

Glad it was helpful. I thought I was the only one who had trouble with those clips!

I LOVE THAT NOISE! great video btw.

Great video, it helped me out a lot, i think you did an excellent job.

desperately needed video. Thank you very much for upload.

thanks for making this, good to see that I am not the only person. that deals with the "learning curve"

Nice job I studied this video and a few other before attempting with my corolla. A few tips: 1.) Use a bar clap during reassembly. It's really a 3 handed operation. With hands free no special tools needed. 2.) Do not use the special spring "tong tool". It has a "point" that is supposed to rest on the shoe. if you're not quick/efficient it will chip the shoe. Use two hands to power that if needed. 3.) Retract the "turnbuckle" adjuster screw as much as possible, so spring will go on easier. 4.) Apply the grease after everything is installed. The drums are "floating" just pull it away from back plate a little and carefully apply grease at the points. 5.) Also(on corolla's) the retaining clip(5/16") is "one time use only" so pickup a few at dealership. During removal just twist/break the old ones off. Enjoy...

Excellent video 👌🏻 very helpful thanks

Good brake job and video. I could not tell if you had on safety glasses or not. This video will help many do brake jobs and save $ in the process. Thanks Richard

Thanks for the demonstration. I was wondering how to attach the parking brake lever spring. The only thing I did differently is I took the hubs off (makes it easier to get to everything) and left the parking brake cable attached to the lever.

This video helped me a lot! I replaced parking brake lever clip without disconnecting parking brake cable and it took no much time

i love it your fast real time work video, other people edit it. But now i can know how difficult it's to me in my first time.

Thanks you must have some strong ass fingers because I could not get my clips back on. Will go buy the tool tomorow. BTW the easiest way to do the horseshoe clips is to put two flat head screw drivers back to back and then rotate them against each other. Then push out and hook the inner arch once loose enough. I am glad you showed how you can pop the springs to move the shoes apart so you can get to the clips easily.

i just changed mine and i had a hard time putting back the ebrake cable but i got it done after an hour of hard labor. then i got to the final part pulling back in that spring coil on the other shoe break, that was a tough moda too! took me about 4 hrs for disassembling and putting it back together. It was my first time changing my rear breaks on a toyota celica and got it done. i didn't have enough strength to change the other side but ima do it this weekend. ima try doing your tricks and hopefully it'll make it a lot easier for me. ;) wish me luck!

wow! I had a hell of a time replacing the brake shoes on my car, pretty amazing to see a girl do it so effortlessly.

Pretty good video but missed the oh so important step of adjusting the star after assembly and getting the e-brake to do its job. Supposedly you adjust the star adjuster after the drum is on to get a little drag. SO, make sure you've taken the star adjuster apart cleaned and lubed the thrreads and the spindle (yes, the star separates form its end and is supposed to spin smoothly and easily). Second thing, don't skip cleaning and lubing the e-brake lever and connections.

I think it is great that you did this without all the tools.

Great instructional video. Now I have some work to do. Thanks!

Thank you for this video - I found out from elsewhere that I had to adjust the star-wheel but didn't know how to do it until I saw you doing it. (I had to adjust it in, not out, though.) Saved my bacon!

Great post just got a used corolla and pads were in the trunk. So I will replace them been a while since I've done rear drums. Thanks for the post. You just got a subscription.

Thanks. Very helpful video. I feel comfortable replacing disk pads. I can see that I wouldn't have the patience needed for this.Again, thanks. An informative video. I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos.

You are being modest. You did an excellent job with this video. I have changed brakes on other brands of cars but each time it is just a little different. Your video helped me understand the Camry better. To at537: I do this work with simple tools. Pliers, flat head screw drivers etc. This work does not necessarily take special tools although they may be helpful. The pair of pliers with the hooked end can be helpful but I have done that with just a pair of regular pliers.

Nice job on the break shoe installation. It was a bit scary when you use the flat head to force the top spring in. My older brother use to do it the same way. I can tell that you are fearless, you like a challenge, and that you are a really smart person. Oh, I love the break noise sound you put at the end of the video, that was so funny. Brake noise drives me crazy too.

Doing this in the morning on my wifes 06 Corolla my 07 Civic has disc all the way around ill take pads anyday i hate those stupid springs.I cant stand messing with those things no disrespect but to see a woman doing it im blown away bet mine want go that fast.

Thanks for the refresher course.

Well done,really good video.

great video. thanks for the share!

Good info and how to repair....thanks and take care

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for making video. I'm trying to change wheel cylinder in Toyota Yaris (very similar design) and it is pain the my back. I'm surprised how bad the design is... could be much simpler. Thanks again

One safety advice though, when removing/installing the lug nuts manually, never pull, but push down instead with your foot, to avoid injuring your back and if the socket gives out, you won't "fly" backward just like when playing tug of war when your opponent suddenly lets go of the rope while you were pulling him/her towards you.

Does the drum assembly have a star wheel at the bottom that needs to be backed off to release pressure on the drum?

How can you tell when your rear brakes needs servicing? I mean for the front brake pads, you can tell they need servicing when you start to hear a grinding noise that signifies the brake pads are worn and that the metal part of them is grinding against your metal disc (rotor). And then when you go visually inspect them, you can also inspect the disc and see if that needs to be replaced as well. But for the rear drum brakes and shoes, how do you know? Can you sense it from how your car performs when you brake (like as if the rear part of the car doesn't seem to want to readily stop or something so there is more pressure being put on the front)?!

i really really likeit, lts fresh and so clear, thanks

Nice video. A difficult job well done.

Great job, I learned a lot from you

Every part is”and you have this guy” lol

Excellent video!!!

today,I did this job, but when I went to try to put the brake drums back, the shoes didn't let go it through because it was tight, Does everybody can tell me what I can do in this case please? plus I push the brake pedal and the brake fluid stuck it and I can't push it in to put back the drums, thanks.

u my friend are a master!!!! thank you so much for uploading this! you saved me ALOT of injuries hahahaha!

BRAVO, It is professional video, you help me to fix my corolla.

Yeah, that noise was the actual noise it made. DROVE ME NUTS! But whenever I took it in to the mechanic, it never made the noise. That's when I decided to do this job myself!

As I wrote on an other video: if at the start, after removing the two small shoe retaining springs, one simply pulls one shoe out of it's groove in piston then the springs drop out. Do the reverse to refit. Other video shows - first remove bearing carrier with bearing -excellent idea - will do so when the rain stops as unlike when I lived in Rhodesia here in UK I have no back verhanda !

very informative video..appreciate it!

thanks so much for the nice presentation... very nice :) may i add also that the 'star wheel' / turnbuckle adjustment takes a lil finess.. the shoes need to be as close as possible (to the drum) WITHOUT touching.. center the shoes by pulling on the parking brake cable and releasing (thanks ericthecarguy) .. then check for drag.... the 'automatic' feature of the 'star wheel' occurs when the vehicle is stopped while backing up.. I believe that when there is 'play'/ gap between the 'floating ' shoes and the drum..the shoes rotate enough to advance the star, it catches on that 'automatic adjusting lever' and advances it to the next notch.. as the gap becomes smaller the shoes travel less "clockwise' and life is good hehe thanks also trexinvert good tips appreciate you doers of good :D

Excellent!

Good job you made it look easy I’m still thinking should I do it or not

Thank you for sharing. Take care.

Last time I did this was on a '73 Chevelle. Don't remember all that fancy hardware on the pads. I'll be looking for pads with the hardware on them already if they're out there.

Thanks so much for doing this video! We were about to start using bad language but you saved us! Oh, BTW, my wife says the gloves are very cute and that she noticed!

how to adjust the star wheel, do you have to?

Nice job!

You adjust the starwheel to make the brake shoes "expand outward" so much until you can barely put brake drum back on.(a tight fit between the brake shoes lining and the inner drum surface. One screwdriver to push away the stopper, another screwdriver to actually turn the starwheel(faster and easier adjustment, and to avoid damaging the "stars" with your screwdriver turning it.)

great job! littlle comment here. Once you are done, make sure to clean your work smudges on the surface of the brake shoes. the grimes will soon turn into glazing at it wears down. Clean and wipe before putting the drums back.

Nice vid I just fell in love thx helpful

How did you know how far to adjust the star wheel? My manual says that you do the final adjustment after everything is assembled, and you do this with 2 screwdrivers that slip in through a slot in the backer wheel (i.e. from the back side of the wheel).

GREAT advice!

Thanks, and good luck!

Sir my car make squeaking noise from rear wheels when brake is applied. This happens only when the car is sitting over 7 hours of time. The sound goes away after repeated used of the brake pedal like 4 times or less. And, no issues with braking while driving!!! During parking time for over 7 hours gear is engage, hand brake too. The moment the car is took out and brake is pressed, such irritating noise comes from the rear. There are no physical worn on brake parts including the brake shoe.

Thanks for mentioning the noise at the end

well done

yeah i do love that noise

Really helpful

well done .

HELPFUL HINT; Do ONE side at a time so you can refer to the other side for spring placement.

the squeezin sound disapier after?

Good job.

Glad it helped!

thanks - hope it is as easy for me.

Sure took a long time to remove the C smush-clips for the handbrake lever pin! I just stick a very big flat-blade scewdriver in there and turn the screwwdriver, like I'm going to loosen, or tighten, a screw. After prying them apart that way I just tap them a bit to loosen them, and then put a small screwdriver between the inside of the C and the pin, and turn - to slide them off the rest of the way. Not sure why you have 2 of them on one pin. Usually there is a spring-steel wave washer on one side, and only one smush-clip - on the other side. I also think you over-squoze the new ones. You just need to squeeze them a little - just enough so they won't fall off, and then just a hair more. And lube the pin. Nice to see you lubed the points on the backing plate where the shoes slide against it. Probably also a good idea to put a Very Thin layer of lube on the ends of the shoes where they contact the piston, and also on their other ends. You don't want to use a lot, and risk it getting into the cylinder. Also lube the star self-adjuster mechanism w the same high-temperature brake lube.

wao great job I'm now going to teach my girl how to do it

Nice one

Lots of videos on changing brake pads but I cant find a video to help me change rear brake discs on my 2006 Toyota Corolla. can anyone help?

driving someone crazy presentation.

That noise is creepy. 👻😂😂😂😂😂👍

Most "star wheels" adjust themselves. A good way to speed up adjustment is hitting the brakes while driving in reverse a few times.

Thankyou it Was helpfully

gracias por el video tengo problemas en los cilindros de frenos el ver el video comprendo la facildad con la quese puede aser.saludos

Thanks for a great vid! what's that tool you use at 3:34 to get the large spring off?

wow great job! but i have no clue how you got those clips and springs on and off using just your fingers! lol i didnt have the proper tool and used pliers to push them on and rotate, still took more time than you using just fingers!

Thank you

Dam ,that's a dadys girl , chasing daddy every where , that's how she learn all that skill , tuff life growing up I bet , but with love,from dad,👍 great job dad.👍