RESTORATION
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Slide the spring and retaining clip over the end. Give it a quarter
turn while holding the retaining pin from moving. Tim uses specific
brake pliers to firmly grasp the retainer, but normal pliers can do
the same thing.
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Now install the primary shoe just as you did the other one. Keep
your hands clean and don’t touch the shoe’s friction material if you
can help it. Make sure the parking brake link goes in the correct
slots in each shoe.
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Ford shop manuals call this piece the parking brake link. It moves
the front shoe against the drum when the parking brake is applied.
Don’t forget the link spring at the front. It’s a tensioner and an
anti-rattle.
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The same-type retainer clip holds it to the backing plate. Some
people who are particularly good with their hands can fasten
these retainers with just their fingers.