Excellent video man. Short and sweet, yet detailed enough to get straight to the point. You just helped me out big time! Thanks a lot.

Thanks for posting this video, newer, smaller design threw me off a bit but you cleared it right up. your efforts still bearing fruit 3 years later!

Best straight to the point video I've found all day 🤙

Great job on detailing the re-assembly of the brakes and springs.

Thanks man! I've done a hundred disc brakes, but never touched drums before. This helped tremendously! Kudos.

This is great. This is what I was looking for, straight & direct and to the point. Thanks.

Great video. It's short but has all the small details and suggestions needed. Just replaced some brake pads using this video and it was a lot of help. Good job.

Great video! Short and to the point. The only thing I would add is to blast the whole brake area with brake cleaner once you take off the drum. That way you don't inhale brake dust and also why not clean it while you have it apart? Anyhow good vid.

Great instructional video, your tips and structure are just what I needed. Thank you!

For a video that was only just under 5 minutes long, it is very informative!!! I am NO mechanic and I have NEVER done anything with brakes but I was able to change my brake shoes on my 04 neon using only this video. You did an awesome job with the step by step instructions!! Of course, it took me longer than 5 minutes as I kept pausing, rewinding, and rewatching but I got it done and it's perfect!! I now know how to change drum brakes...not that I ever want to again lol. The only issue I had was that the video froze for about 20 seconds while you were putting in the rear shoe... the more difficult one...than started back up again right as you got it installed lol. The audio was still there tho so I could still follow that. Great job tho... thanks so much. I watched quite a few or videos that were much less informative...more telling me what I needed to do as opposed to showing me how to do it... and they were upwards of 30 minutes or longer...shouldn't be how-to videos at all. I will look for your videos for help in the future...thanks again!!! I mean this whole-heartedly...I couldn't have done this without you lol

thanks, man. my dad and i found it very informative.

Thank you very much you are the big help we wasn't sure how to go about it but it work thank you very much Bill Nason

good instructional video for Dodge Neon rear brakes. Thank You!!!

Thank you for making this video, the official service manual instructions tell you to put both shoes in with the upper spring and the adjuster all at once, and then I guess somehow by magic get the parking brake lever in. I spent over 2 hours trying to do it the "official" way on one side, and needed less than a half hour on the other side with your method.

@wonfeather The old shoes will form a bit of a rut in the drum which the new set will ride inside. This causes a bit of a lip that, if you're using the old drums, can make it difficult getting them back on over the new, bigger, shoes. Once you get over the lip it should be just fine. You may have to adjust the star washer so the adjuster is shorter and then adjust them more through the hole in back once the old drums are fully on.

A complete genius! Thank you sir.

Thank you so much. How do I determine if I have to replace the rotor hub as well?

This is a very smart man.

Yest change my brake great video tanks !!!

That was the easiest drum brake job I've ever had done. And the quickest!

Thanks for the help lord knows I need it. I'm going try to change the brake shoes this morning.....lol

Nice video short to the point no muss no fuss thanks for sharing.......

Well done!

Thank you excellent video... Gracias ... like

nice job on video

Great tutorial

what if I lost the clip that connects the ebrake to the rear brake, what do i do

It might be of interest to some to take note of the slots in the adjuster rod at 1:28 , (right side) the star adjuster lever must be under the rod during installation. This is the reason for the odd shape slot,(to allow for adjuster)

Awesome video. Good view of everything and explanation.

My new brake at too big to put the drum back on. What shall I do about that?

very good video!

If the parking break lever inside the car goes all the way up, is it possible to adjust that by turing the adjuster wheel in the drumbrakes? Or should I put more tension on the parkingbrake cables under the center console in the Dodge Neon? I have the 2nd gen, 2002 build car. I tried the adjusting wheel in the drums, but I couldn’t figure out which way to turn it.

Thanks!

I don't recommend using the anti-seize, this just invites dirt and brake dust to gather. Brake shoes are generally a once in a lifetime replacement (your cars lifetime) This will most likely be the only time you open this system up, unless that is of course you did it correctly the first time. Additionally if you are going to be replacing the shoes, the wheel cylinders are only $15 each. Replace them at the same time to save yourself the headache later on and you will have the confidence that you have brand new brakes

If you adjust the breaks in first the hub will come off easier great vid though

Thanks Man . That top spring sure is a bitch

I did all these steps and she still leaks fluid

Still to this day I wonder why they would put drum brakes on a damn neon.

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why not tell the people watching that to adjust them all you need to do is put the emergency brake on put it in reverse and let it roll backwards a foot or so and it will adjust, its made to adjust that way

Having the jackstand rest on the lip weld of the car not the smartest idea. Should be on the frame.