Torque settings, applicable to Ford Fiesta 2002-2008, excluding ST150: Wheel hub retaining nut: 235 Nm | 173 lb-ft Wheel spindle retaining bolts (not shown in video): 70Nm | 52 lb-ft Wheel nuts: 90 Nm | 66 lb-ft

My Fiesta failed its MOT today for this same problem,l'm really glad someone posted a video on how to clean and adjust the rear shoes i was going to buy new shoes but an adjustment might be all it needs,l will replace if necessary... always helps to see it done.Thanks

Thanks, did this at college yesterday, did it but struggled in certain areas, very helpful

Great video. Nice to see the job done properly and that is a pretty cool torque wrench

This guy is just helping out, i know it has been a while since you posted but he probably thinks it is not necessary to put anything new on them. Ok i have just recently had my rear shoes done by a mobile mechanic and he made it look easy. if you want to try this yourself at home and know a bit about it here is a tip if one of the drums has seized up completely like mine did then take the inner nut of behind the hub cap b4 raising car then loosen your four bolts slightly but leave tyre on raise car then try loosening the drum while tyre is still on by pulling and stuff at the tyre it should loosen it slightly then its a case of gently prizing it off.

Nice vid, clear steady cam, good info. Great to see Anti sieze Compound being used Torque settings needed mentioning. Also a little tip is...if the drum is stuck due to shoes...they can be backed off via (the pawl & ratchet adjuster and small screwdriver) through a little hole in the backplate! If this little tip is not used, in bad cases even using the puller will damage the components on the backplate.

If you don't have a hub puller you can put the wheel back on and put two of the nuts back on and pull on the wheel for leverage.

thanks mate extremely Helpful

Shouldn’t the adjusters adjust themselves if they’re working properly??

I changed the shoes on my partners Focus 2003. couldn't get the adjustment right…failed a basic practice of reaming/removing the lip of the edge. If you don't do this, you won't get the adjustment correct. I over compensated for not removing it and forced the drum back on only to find i had adjusted it too much. Hopefully the hand brake will be better now. Was trying to find a video on how to adjust that too.

I'm trying to get the hub off a 2003 ford fusion which is the same type of assembly as this fiesta. I made a hub puller, but it was stuck on so tight I sheared a M12 bolt trying to pull the hub off. Any ideas what could be wrong? The car has done 110k miles and the hub may never have been removed

i just broke a bolț when changing myself the winter tyres with summer one,so can i change only the broken bolț from the drum? or i need to change all 4 with that bracket?

thanks man, my fiesta brakes in the back need some attention

every car i have ever owned the rear drums the self adjusters have never been great, my new fiesta has abs is there any difference between changing the pads and shoes on a car with abs?

which torque wrench did you use? cheers

awesome! no b.s. just DO IT!…. nice torque wrench : )

excellent video thanks :) how does the automatic adjuster winder work? what torque is the hub nut supposed to be done to ?&using a torque wrench?

what did you torque the wheel nuts to? and why not torque the hub nut?

Torque settings would be handy. People doing videos always miss this information

Great video many thanks! Q: what is the "paint" anti corrosion paint you use on drum please? Also what is the torque for the wheel nuts. MY Mk5 rear wheels are "locking up" when they get wet (car big wash with pressure hose ) and left for a few days. So i want to totally recondition the hubs and ideally, paint them black (face, hidden, white as you did) but the outer of the drum, black. Many thanks!

Came here looking for a clear view of the spring arrangement on the shoes. Just curious why you did the hub nut to get the drum off? If you take off the 4 bolts at the back behind the plate, the assembly comes away without disturbing the bearings. Just remember to disconnect the abs pick up.

Nice video. very useful. I notice the guy does not use a torque wrench to tighten the main nut? I find sometimes you cannot get the torque recommended; these torque settings are for new nuts/bolts and if you try and set it as recommended you end up stripping threads? Also they recommend you replace the nut; I guess if you torque it to point before stripping threads you can reuse the nut?

Aw man come on. 2013 and its 240p???

Why play with the adjuster before refitting, when you press the brakes it'll self adjust to the optimum position like it's designed?

its a 30mill socket for the centre nut behind the hub cap by the way and you will need a big bar to loosen it .

if you needed to replace the rear bearing on one of these would you know does the bearing sit inside the outer drum that you removed - i.e. the bit you removed the corrosion off or deeper inside the hub? thanks!

Great video clip, the Haynes manual says the hub nut is a laminated type and should be changed every time. You did not seem to use a new one. Is it ok to use the old nut?

How about torque setting of 230 nm for the hub nut or was this not needed .

Interesting video but how do you know the rear brakes are not up to correct efficiency ? I've had my Fiesta Mot'd and I was advised it only just passed with rear brake efficiency with 53% . I will now have to take it to a garage to see why its so low . I thought you would show us how to adjust the rear brakes .

Really showing people how to adjust it aye

Haynes for 1995 Fiesta/ Courier says this left wheel is left thread so turn right to undo.

Torque settings I generally stick to is FT

230NM for the hub nut and 100NM for the wheel nut for my ford sport ka.

Good but no showng how mich spin it should have after the adjustment. Some say, a full rotation, others half...

Can someone pleace tell me if its a self adjuster ?

So the bearings are now full of grinding abrasive, iron and rust dust, at least tape them up if your not going to wash and repack with grease.

get some wirewool and solvent

Oh, come on, there are 4 bolts from the other side to take off the drum without damaging the wheel bearings. Read the manual!

filmed with a potato

Great video. Nice to see the job done properly and that is a pretty cool torque wrench