Help me replace my rear brakes?

[PoWn3d_0704]

I have Wilwood brakes for all four corners. The fronts were straightforward and easy. The rears have the parking brake, and I have no idea what to do. I have never done rotors/calipers before, and in fact, never even done brake pads.

The wilwood manual says to refer to the service manual, and I cant actually find a section on rear brake removal, just the allowable tolerances and how to adj. the parking brake.

If there is a write up somewhere, that would be awesome. If it's just 'remove the bolts and go' then someone should let me know.

Thanks, John.

[CoupedUpSubie]

To remove the rears all you need to do is back the parking brake adjuster all the way off. This allows the rotor to slide over the shoes. Then the rotor should come off just like the fronts. There is a DIY on doing the rear wheel studs which shows removing the rear rotors somewhere.

[sshole]

Are you trying to swap from OEM to the Wilwoods? If so, you need to do the following (although not a step by step, these instructions should get you to where you need to be):

Jack up car
Disengage parking brake
Remove wheels
Remove OEM calipers from hub (2x bolts)
Disconnect brake line from OEM calipers (have something ready to catch brake fluid or pinch off brake line)
Remove OEM rotors from hub (if stuck, use 2x M8x1.25 bolts I believe)
Install new stuff using whatever hardware you received with your brake kit
Flush the brake fluid
Reinstall wheels
Engage parking brake
Lower car onto road
Test drive/bed in new brakes

[PoWn3d_0704]

@sshole, I figured out disassembly and am now reassembling the suckers. Just going to look up how to actually adjust the parking brake now.

[sshole]

Parking brake as in the drums? There is a worm gear (or whatever it's called) that you spin to move the drum pads inwards and outwards. Adjusting them can be time consuming, though, since you have to constantly go back and forth between the hub and the parking brake lever to check tightness.