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PortDawg
01-19-2011, 8:49pm
Any suggestions on getting the e-brake pads out?
JRD77VET
01-20-2011, 8:37pm
Have you succeded in getting the rear rotors off?

Jeff
Dave
01-20-2011, 9:35pm
Should not be too difficult provided you can get the rear rotors off. Have you got a service manual of any kind?
PortDawg
01-20-2011, 9:42pm
Have you succeded in getting the rear rotors off?

Jeff

Yeah, that was easy.... It's the crap behind the hub that worries me...
PortDawg
01-20-2011, 9:43pm
Should not be too difficult provided you can get the rear rotors off. Have you got a service manual of any kind?

Assembly Manual and Chiltons...

I think I'm over thinking this project...
Dave
01-20-2011, 10:14pm
or you just need a bigger hammer. :D


What kind of shape is the brake hardware in? Lots of rust?
Kevin_73
01-21-2011, 3:17am
I just did this on Liz's 68.

You have to pull the brake shoes apart enough to get needle nose pliers in there and grab the end of the springs that go between the top and bottom of the two shoes. Then disconnect the springs from the brake shoes and remove the star wheel adjuster from the bottom. Note the direction that they were installed on each side.
Next you need to use a screwdriver compress the cup on the spring that holds each shoe to the dust cover. Once you have that compressed you need to grab the pin with your needle nose pliers and turn it 1/4 turn to release it. Then remove the shoes.

There are some decent tutorials available online.
Here is one that I used:
Corvette Parking Brake Rebuild | CorvetteMagazine.com (http://www.corvettemagazine.com/brakes/corvette-parking-brake-rebuild.html)

Good luck :cheers:
PortDawg
02-21-2011, 7:23am
Okay, got it all apart. Now how the f(*^ do you put the springs and locks back in. Spent 2 hours trying.

Any suggestions?
Kevin_73
02-22-2011, 5:34pm
Okay, got it all apart. Now how the f(*^ do you put the springs and locks back in. Spent 2 hours trying.

Any suggestions?

Two pairs of needle nose pliers and a lot of really bad language. :yesnod:
PortDawg
02-22-2011, 9:53pm
Two pairs of needle nose pliers and a lot of really bad language. :yesnod:

BTDT....made me want to off myself.... I need to get longer pliers....