Originally Posted by
thx1138guy
...you can sort of see that there isn't a hole in the backing plate...
Right...that's what I'm seeing.
I've had my drums off a few times in the last 6 years (I'm still on my original brake shoes at 110K miles). Every time I take them off, I grab some sandpaper and clean off the ridge of rust that forms on the edge of the drums where they don't contact the brake shoes. That seems to help the drums to slide off more easily the next time...
I know people run non-OEM brake shoes on these cars, but after reading some issues with people getting them to fit, I spent the extra money and picked up a set of Mitsubishi brake shoes to (hopefully) save some headaches when it comes time to change them.
Edit - Maybe Cobrajet will see this thread and chime in. Here's a quote he made regarding this subject...
When I went to remove the rear drums tonight to replace them, I could not get them off without fiddling with the adjuster release. I had to dig around with a screwdriver
through the tiny hole in the backing plate before finally getting them to disengage enough for me to pull the drums off. Removal would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the release mechanism and this access port. Mitsubishi's diagram says to simply go straight in from the back to release the adjuster, but this is comical since there are brake lines, brackets, wires, etc in the way. I was finally able to do it, but it was literally blind luck.
Source:
THIS post
Last edited by Top_Fuel; 06-27-2022 at 12:40 AM.
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