Grand Am rear brakes are self adjusting
The Grand Am is equipped with self-adjusting drum brakes on the rear wheels. The drums adjust themselves automatically to anecdote for pad wear every eternity the vehicle backs up. The parking brake besides uses the rear drum brakes and is connected by a steel cable. Parking brakes in older cars sometimes stick as rust and dirt figure up encompassing the cable. A stuck parking brake Testament repeatedly wear down the drum pads faster than expected.
Instructions
1. Loosen the rear rotate nuts with a lug wrench.
2. Uplift the vehicle up with a jack, and lower it onto jack stands. Pull on the self-adjuster cable while pushing the adjuster lever toward the back of the vehicle. Unhook the self-adjuster cable from the secondary brake shoe.7.
4. Spray and wash internal drum brake components with brake cleaner, and let them dry. Annex a container ready under the brakes to grip the residue from the brake as it drips down. Never capitalization compressed air to blow dust from the brake components.
5. Pull the adjuster lever absent from the centre of the shove, and turn the star turn to retract the brake shoes from the drum.
6. Habitat blocks on either side of the front wheels so the vehicle Testament not roll.3. Remove the turn nuts, and pull the circle off the lugs.
Apply the spring-removal belongings to remove the influential and secondary shoe retracting springs. Remove the self-adjuster cable, and return the anchor pin plate from the anchor pin.
8. Remove the secondary shoe retracting spring and cable cicerone from the secondary shoe. Fix the substantial shoe hold-down column and pin. Pull the valuable shoe and adjusting screw from the backing plate.
9. Detach the parking brake link. Remove the secondary shoe hold-down spring and pin, and lift the shoe from the backing plate. Use a small screwdriver to pry the parking brake lever retaining clip from the pivot pin. Separate the parking brake lever from the secondary shoe.
