11.6. Removal and installation of brake boots

Removal

Replace both brake boots even if only one of them is greasy or worn-out.


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

  1. Remove brake drums.

It is recommended to sort only one party that the second party remained a sample for assembly.

  1. Disconnect the top coupling spring by means of special pincers, for example, HAZET 797 Dismantling can be executed also by means of a pipe piece, but it is slightly more difficult.

Removal of the top coupling spring

  1. Take out the holder of a coupling spring by means of the screw-driver from an opening in a brake boot.

Removal of the holder of a coupling spring

  1. Remove the adjusting lever from a brake boot and disconnect a coupling spring.
  2. Slightly delay brake boots outside and remove an adjusting razzhimny level Remove brake shoes.

Removal of a razzhimny level

  1. Take out a lock pin of forward fastening of a brake boot. For this purpose press springs a plate and turn it on a corner the 90th hail. At the same time at the same time hold a pin behind. Remove a plate of a spring and take a pin.

Removal of a lock pin of fastening of a brake boot

  1. Similarly remove a lock pin of back fastening of a brake boot.
  2. Disconnect the lower coupling spring.
  3. Take off brake boots. At the same time disconnect a cable of the drive of the parking brake from an anchor finger.

Installation

Replace all (four) brake boots at the same time. It is possible to replace both brake boots, and only brake slips. Replacement of brake slips is described in the Section Replacement of Brake Overlays of Drum Brakes. It is recommended to apply only original brake boots and slips or recommended by Opel. Clear the brake drum and a brake board compressed air or wipe them with alcohol.

Do not inhale dust of brake mechanisms. During removal of brake boots do not press a brake pedal, the piston can go out of the brake cylinder. If on the brake cylinder there are traces of brake fluid, then it should be replaced.


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

  1. Grease an anchor finger around a prileganiye of boots with a thin layer of heat-resistant lubricant, for example, OPEL 19 42 588 (90 166 282) or high-temperature copper lubricant. Previously clear the greased places a soft wire brush.

Places of putting lubricant

  1. Connect the lever of a brake boot to a cable of the drive of the parking brake. You watch the correct arrangement of a cable.

Connection of the lever of a boot with a cable of the drive of the parking brake

  1. Establish the lower coupling spring.
  2. Establish brake shoes on an anchor finger. For this purpose push a lock pin behind and establish a spring. Pull a spring with a plate, then turn a plate on the 90th hail and record it in this situation. At the same time hold a lock pin behind.
  3. Check ease of the course of an adjusting wheel and adjusting razzhimny level of the lever. If necessary sort a level and clear it.
  4. Grease a level with a thin layer of silicone lubricant, for example, OPEL 19 70 206 (90 167 353). Screw an adjusting wheel against the stop back, then again release. The adjusting wheel should not be blocked in an emphasis.

Do not mix razzhimny levels of the left and right brakes.

  1. Establish an adjusting level from above between brake boots. At the same time you monitor its provision.

The provision of an adjusting level at its installation

At installation of new brake boots you watch that the dish-shaped spring of the adjusting lever was established.

  1. Install the adjusting lever with a spring on a pin.

Installation of the adjusting lever

  1. Connect by means of a grip a coupling spring of the adjusting lever to a brake boot.
  2. Insert the holder of a coupling spring in tightening a pin and press it into an opening of a brake boot.
  3. Connect the top coupling spring by means of pincers to the holder (address an illustration).