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today i replaced the rear brake shoes on my escort. This car has ~113k on it. What a pain in the you know where to do them. After i broke a stud trying to take off the tire i had to go and buy another stud. I found out after breaking the stud that the lugs were over torqued (pitting visible on the seats of the lugs).
So i took the drums off and took a bunch of springs off to loosen the shoes, then put the new ones on.
Thank god everything worked out well and i dont have to do anything else..
If you have drums in back, i recommend asking someone how to pull them off because they are probably rusted on. It was pretty easy to take them off after i used a bolt and tightened it into the loosing holes...(2 on each drum to help take the drum off.)
Someday i will have a better ford (cough contour cough) with disks on all 4's.
Escort driver  I could sell this SGI for 2 contours 
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I'm 1/2 way there...my Contour has drums...but there is no way I am going to spend money fixing them or replacing them when they need to be...so that leaves only one alternative...one safe one that is.
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eh, im a poor college student, so for $20 for a set of rear shoes is not that bad...however, 3 hours of your time while drinking a beer while doing the brake job is just fine
Escort driver I could sell this SGI for 2 contours
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whack the Motherfer with a metal hammer...it'll pop right off. don't inhale the dust inside the drum either veeeeddddddyyyyyy bad
Originally posted by 99SESPORT:
First off, if somebody is grabbing your nuts, your gonna do everything you can to get him off...
And sitting there telling him politely
"Please let go of my nuts, sir?"
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Rock, you may wack it with a hammer, however 112k miles bro. There are two threaded holes in the drum, so i put a bolt through, tightened the bolts and pop.. off came the drum
Escort driver I could sell this SGI for 2 contours
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Removing brake drums is much easier when a brake drum puller is used. I believe "Buffalo" is the brand name & it saves a lot of hassle compared to using a sledge etc......my .02....
Is the smoke alarm in your house also known as the "dinner bell"?
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Mild Air Filter Mod
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wait, there are 2 threaded holes in the drum that you are suppose to put in 2 bolts, tighten them and the drum pulls right off... that's on an escort, but im unsure of a contour
Escort driver I could sell this SGI for 2 contours
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