replace brakes without backing plate
#1
replace brakes without backing plate
How many people pull there rear end apart
just to replace the backing plates?
just to replace the backing plates?
#2
are you talking about the backing plate that the brake shoes sit on for drum brakes?
why tear down your rear end for that? Am i way off?
why tear down your rear end for that? Am i way off?
#3
Unfortunately I have had to do this. I blew a pinnion seal and toasted the rear end in a 91 S10 extended cab truck and bought a used rear end out of a junkyard. The truck I bought it off of had been sitting on the ground on the backplates and they were beyond straightening. I took the ones off my original as well as all the brake parts.
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#5
Doesn't matter if it is a disk or drum rear. The axles have to be pulled to replace the backing plate.
#6
Backing plate
I replaced my rear brake backing plate (dust seal) by cutting it with a hacksaw and twisting it to fit over the axle. I then straightened it out and bolted it up. Granted - it's not the preferred method - but sure beat the hassle of pulling the shafts out of the rear end. So far - it has been good enuff for a 13 year old vehicle, and a lot better than the rusted out - old backing plate.
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