OEM 2002 Ford Focus Brake Shoe

2002 Ford Focus Brake Shoe Parts Q&A

• Q: How to service and repair the brake shoes on 2002 Ford Focus?

  A: The brake service begins by unfastening the parking brake control boot followed by boot clip removal so you can separate the boot itself. When the rear brakes reach room temperature professionals should let loose the parking brake control which now sits at its base position. First adjust the parking brake cable adjustment nut until cable tension is complete before you can remove a retaining clip followed by adjusting the nut. The first step is to remove wheels and tires and the wheel speed sensor when anti-lock brakes exist in the vehicles. It is crucial to avoid using the hub retaining nut for brake drum removal because customers should first separate the brake drum from the hub assembly before taking out the hold down springs and pins. The engineer should exercise caution to protect wheel cylinder boots as he disconnects the shoes from the wheel cylinder followed by detaching them from the anchor block. Place rubber bands onto wheel cylinder pistons before proceeding to disconnect the parking brake cable by sliding in the lever then removing the attached cable. First detach the lower and upper return springs followed by removing the primary shoe from the strut and brake shoe adjuster through an outward pull and disconnecting the strut before its release. Take extreme care when detaching the strut support spring because its tension exists; lower the strut while disconnecting the parking brake return spring from the support and the secondary shoe. Silicon dielectric compound grease requires cleaning and checking before application at the backing plate contact points followed by fitting the strut support to the secondary shoe along with the parking brake return spring while raising the strut upwards. When adding the primary shoe attach it to the strut while positioning the shoe inward to the strut and rotating the brake shoe adjuster in a complete clockwise direction. Fit the upper and lower return springs before connecting the parking brake cable through pushing the lever inside while attaching the cable. Reposition the rubber band from the wheel cylinder pistons before linking the shoes to the anchor block and wheel cylinder while installing the hold down springs. Put back the brake drum and hub assembly before installing the wheel speed sensor on vehicles with anti-lock brakes and placing on the wheels and tires. Set the internal auto adjuster while centralizing brake shoes on brake drums by rotating wheels four times during brake pedal use and proceed with parking brake cable adjustment.