How do you know if you need to replace emergency brake shoes?
The M-Class is equipped with emergency (parking brake shoes) on the rear wheels. How do you know if you need to replace them? You press the parking brake and it is too easy to press or the parking brake doesn’t keep the car in place when parked on a hill. Even if you never use the parking brakes your can still have issues with the system.
Where are the emergency brake shoes in the ML?
Parking brake does not release. Parking brake warning light is on. When you press the parking brakes, you are activating the shoes in the rear rotors which are in the inner part of the rotors of the ML. Even though you see a caliper and disk for your normal brakes, there are shoes in the back (inside part) of the rotor for the emergency brakes.
When to burn the parking brake shoe in a Toyota?
1. Keep the temporary lug nuts in place while the rear caliper and pads are re-installed. 2. Once the rear wheels are back on the car and you’re able to test the brakes, it has been recommended that you burn in the parking brake by driving with the parking brake depressed for about 1/4 mile.
Can You rebuild the parking brake shoe assembly?
While rebuilding the parking brake assembly, you may need to refer to the old shoes to make sure you’re still putting the parts back together the same way and the old shoes will have wear and rust in places where the connections used to be. 4. Don’t bother disconnecting the brake cable from the parking brake shoe lever.
The M-Class is equipped with emergency (parking brake shoes) on the rear wheels. How do you know if you need to replace them? You press the parking brake and it is too easy to press or the parking brake doesn’t keep the car in place when parked on a hill. Even if you never use the parking brakes your can still have issues with the system.
Parking brake does not release. Parking brake warning light is on. When you press the parking brakes, you are activating the shoes in the rear rotors which are in the inner part of the rotors of the ML. Even though you see a caliper and disk for your normal brakes, there are shoes in the back (inside part) of the rotor for the emergency brakes.
1. Keep the temporary lug nuts in place while the rear caliper and pads are re-installed. 2. Once the rear wheels are back on the car and you’re able to test the brakes, it has been recommended that you burn in the parking brake by driving with the parking brake depressed for about 1/4 mile.
While rebuilding the parking brake assembly, you may need to refer to the old shoes to make sure you’re still putting the parts back together the same way and the old shoes will have wear and rust in places where the connections used to be. 4. Don’t bother disconnecting the brake cable from the parking brake shoe lever.