Ford Taurus Rear Brake Replacement

[95camaro69]

ummm have anybody else noticed that he didn't put the lower spring back on right? if you watch very carefully you will notice that the spring is hooked into the far left hole when he reinstalls the same spring he did not use the correct hole instead he used the hole that was just to the right of were he should have hooked it....

[TheSalfor]

@95camaro69 you are correct. When I removed mine the lower spring was covered in muck due to a leaking brake cylinder. So I took the videos verbal instruction because I could not remove the other side without a torch. As you know it was incorrect. The other side also had the spring from Ford in the oblong hole as the video showed but not described. Good job catching that!

[mlmerwin]

@95camaro69 Thanks VERY much - I put my lower spring back on the same way he did and it was very loose it almost fell out and I knew it was wrong. Thought I got wrong springs, so put the old one back in and same thing. I was racking my frickin' brain out trying to figure out what I did wrong and was about to heat and bend the spring to make it shorter... Thanks for pointing that out, greatly appreciated! Mike

[Hornadayfan]

I'm glad I found this video. You just saved me about a hundred dollars.

[bigworm6917]

thank you so much. this video helped me so much. it worked great. You are the best

[tenorman33]

I just finished my brakes after watching this video. Thank you. I had a little problem getting the drum off but it was easer after I backed the shoes off with the star adjuster. I also wish I had bought better quality spring pliers. Do not skimp in this area. I always wonder if my car is gonna work properly after I work on it! FINGERS CROSSED! :)

[kbwmetalhead]

Do you have to bleed the brakes after or not?

[cherybabybaby1]

I'm a girl and thanks to this video i was able to do my own drum brakes, had a lil trouble w/the bottom spring but i worked it out ;)

[mfdao]

excellent demo!!! im doing the brakes on my taurus tomorro! YAY!!!

[alb12345672]

90s thunderbirds with drum brakes have the exact same drum setup. The shoes and hardware interchange.

[whoelsebutthekidace]

nice video man its really helpful!

[progbass56]

My son went thru this process but after he got it together it blew out the pistons that spread the shoes. He bought new pistons, went thru it again and spread the adjustment out as you describe untill he could barly rotate the hub and then the piston blew again. What's wrong and can we still use the new pistons that blew out???

[mike77farley]

Excellent, helpful video! Infinitely more useful than my Haynes manual. Thanks again!

[wbgfsdert]

Well I did it. If it wasnt for this video, sears wanted $400 to do the shoes, and put new drums on. I did it no problem. A couple of things first. The bottom spring was easier to put back on with the left shoe then trying to put on after. Plus the top spring was easier to put back on with regular pliers then with the spring pliers.

[wbgfsdert]

I will be doing this next week. I cant believe how much shops charge to do this. Anybody with a little bit of knowledge about cars can do this.

[hudson1007]

I already have that drag at the end without even adjusting the star wheel? This ok?

[bxcarracer]

Disc Brakes FTW! I hate drum brakes, way too many springs have flow at me in the past for me to like them.

[sagehiphop]

yes all cars should have disc brakes all around

[StinkyCheese9999]

@bxcarracer

I like drum brakes, I only have to change them in the rear 1/3rd as often as the discs in front, only half as often as rear discs. I could care less about dealing with a spring compared to having to jack the car up, pull the wheel off, take the caliper or drum off. One spring is trivial compared to all that.

Discs are prettier tho if you have open rims.

[llulua]

Around the 4:52 minute mark, the bottom spring is NOW in the correct oblong hole as the technician begins to place the other end of the spring in the front shoe.

[budgray18]

holy shit. when i had to do the rear drums on my old Chrysler cirrus, them springs were a bitch to put back on with needle nose pliers. shoulda known they had pliers for this

[fordbrakes]

This video is wrong!!!!

3.21 minutes into this film he instructs you to hook the bottom spring on the round hole on the left (rear) shoe. THIS IS INCORRECT!!!

The bottom spring should be connected to the slotted hole (left of the round hole).

Connecting it to the round hole provides no spring tension and the bottom spring can become dislodged inside the brake drum (very bad).

You can see the left side of the spring when he removes it; it's located in the slotted hole, not the round one.

[chorse62]

This video was very helpful however, --the audio says and instructs to place the lower spring in the round hole of the left shoe--this is the wrong location it should go in rear oblong hole behind the round hole-- you can see the proper location by looking back at beginning of the video before they disassemble the brake. I did as the video directed and the spring came off in a few miles of driving. Just wanted to save someone else from making the same mistake.

[Bridges2246]

GREAT HELP! Thanks for posting...

[SixxiA]

I live in Texas and am proud to say... all brake drums here fall off without bolts holding them in.

The downside = heat causes wayyyy premature rubber wear and any vehicle older than about 95' has a cracked dash.

Easy as hell to get the engine running, though. My temp needle never goes below "Cold" as it's always 115 degrees inside the engine anyway.

[saiyeed1]

Most of your post has nothing to do with the video, much less brake drum repair.

[MistaX8]

I love how easily the drum came off. This Taurus must be from a warm climate, because in any areas that are prone to rust from salt, that drum would have been seized on there good. It would have needed a good hammering to break free.

[yellowdart137]

@MistaX8

had to go to hammer town today too. now i got all the parts and need to put it back together.  what a bastard. i scrapped that drum, but knew it was shot. hell the whole thing was shot. filled with a nice rust slurry from all the brake fluid. it was very much like mud.

[neutrodyne]

Very nice job thanks for sharing it with us.