Park Brake shoes

Most Chevy Tahoe's & Silverado's from 2000 up have a one piece design park brake shoe. And, it seems to break apart a lot. It's really not a big deal to replace. It may look like the park brake shoe won't come off without taking off the axle, but it will. Be sure to check to see that the backing plate is not rusting to pieces, that's a common problem too. To change the backing plate the axle will have to come out. As long as your backing plates are good, just change the shoes.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• parking
• brake
• shoes
• tahoe
• silverado
• chevy

[shelbyjeann0]

Great coverage.My 03 silverado suffered from worn e-brake shoes due to the fact that i drove quite a distance with the e-brake on.Stupid,yea,never happened again.Great vidio,thx.

[Screamin110Eagle]

Thank You, You made a simple job out of this chore by making and posting an excellent step by step video!

[jeevespreston]

Thanks for the video!! This was VERY helpful, I did not understand how to get the ring pad off before.  This video applies to Suburbans as well, they have the same disk and drum combination brake...

[jeevespreston]

@SHANGRALAAAA17 I think it is a design issue, these tend to wear out on their own even without using the parking brake...

[jeevespreston]

@mrexecutive1 You can use a trial and error adjustment process with the star wheel to get the pads expanded to the right setting. Tweak it a bit, re-mount the rotor, and repeat until you get the pad adjusted to a suitable level of snugness on the drum/rotor...

[slavrenz88]

This is a very informative video, but I'm a little disturbed by the fact that your tech thinks it's okay to reinstall lug nuts using an impact wrench without a torque stick.

[SHANGRALAAAA17]

why would you ever use a parking brake on a truck with an auto trans? well enough to wear it out?

[mrexecutive1]

I was looking for some information on the one piece parking brake design, came across your video, i needed to know if and how should the star wheel be adjusted.

[tandangp]

Thank you for posting, I appreciate it very much. I was able to do it myself from your video audio instruction on our Silverado 2001. On our Tahoe 2002, I paid Just Brake to replace it and also the Rear Axle Seals both side, because it leaked the axle fluids to parking brake pad. The part labor for this, excluded parking pad is $200 before tax, @89,822 miles on 02/02/2008. Yesterday @131,384 miles leaks again. Is this common to leak again after 41,562 miles? 89,822 was 1st time changed.

[elmen24]

does the new e brake shoes have a new clip have to be replace right