1999 Hyundai Elantra Rear Drum Brake Maintenance

Good brake cleaner except I wish there was more of it in a can!

High temperature grease for the different brake metal-to-metal points of contact

Drum brake spring set from Autozone

Grease used on the hub and around the wheel bearings

8mm bolt used to separate the drum from the hub

Removing the hub with a breaker bar and large socket

View of the rear passenger side drum break with the old shoes and springs in place

Pull back the boot on the wheel cylinder and check for leaking brake fluid. If present the wheel cylinder has to be replaced.

The first dissassembly step is to remove/unhook the adjustor spring

Remove adjustor pawl (pictured)

Remove the front/leading shoe hold down spring. If you can pull the front shoe away from the adjustor screw assembly then you don't have to wrestle with the removal of the lower and upper return springs. By pulling away the front shoe and releasing the screw assembly you reduce the tension in those springs enough to get them off easily with a pair of long nose pliers.

Applying high temperature grease to points on the wheel plate where the brake shoes will be rubbing against.

Parking brake connection to the rear brake shoe

Applying high temp grease to the threaded part of the adjustor screw assembly

Once you have installed the new rear shoe and put in the hold down spring for it, if you can get the lower and upper return springs prepositioned onto the rear and leading shoes, then by simply pulling the leading shoe and sliding the leading half of the adjustor screw back onto the other half you will spare yourself the painful process of getting the springs back on. 

View of the re-assembled shoe brakes

Applying grease to the hub and areas around the wheel bearing before placing back on the spindle

Greased up spindle