I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your incredible video on setting up the rear brake drums for a 2003 Chevy Tracker 4WD. I watched the video, and it was super helpful! The way you explained everything made the process so much clearer, and I feel much more confident about handling the job myself. Thanks again for creating such valuable content. Keep up the great work!
Dude, this is a life saver. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I have a 2000 Grand Vitara that has the exact same drum brakes. I haven't worked on drum brakes for years and I couldn't believe how complicated it was. Again. Thank you. :)
Thanks! I watched other videos and replaced my rear shoes. Still wasn't working so gave up and took it to my mechanic. He said fixed and $100 BUT rear brakes still wouldn't grab like they should. He said it had to be hydraulic and could start replacing parts. Said I'll figure out. Your solution putting the shoes on too loose was the problem. I pulled the drum and adjusted the shoes so they just rubbed when putting the drum on and now they work great!! Thanks Again!!!
Very detailed thankyou! The lower strut got destroyed in mine somehow getting all bent and shit and a replacement is really hard to find as only these spring kits seem available. Great vid being very helpful. Cheers
@@TheDestructve I actually used a slide hammer and pulled out the hub/axel. Made it much simpler for me , plus I got to replace my studs with extended ones. When it came to changing the actual brakes , your video helped tons. Thanks for posting and replying.
I just completed this , it was not fun.. I did find that once I had the components in place , I put a bungee cord around the outside of the shoes and that made putting the springs on much easier..
If I remember right (which I might not) the brake fluid line goes to the passenger side rear and then continues to the drivers side rear where it terminates. If that is the case then when you bleed from the drivers side then you're bleeding that whole chain and bleeding the passenger rear as well. Should be easy enough to follow the lines underneath to see if I've got any sense in my head.
@@TheDestructve that's what I thought at first but after changing all my wheel cylinders and calipers and bleeding the brakes 3 times I have half a pedal. I see there's something called a bleeder block? on the rear axle near the right rear. Gonna look into that I never noticed it before. thanks for the reply also :D
Why doesn't anybody show this going together, that would be helpful. I call bullsh*t that the Japanese can engineer/manufacture anything... this is a horrible design
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your incredible video on setting up the rear brake drums for a 2003 Chevy Tracker 4WD. I watched the video, and it was super helpful! The way you explained everything made the process so much clearer, and I feel much more confident about handling the job myself.
Thanks again for creating such valuable content. Keep up the great work!
Dude, this is a life saver. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I have a 2000 Grand Vitara that has the exact same drum brakes. I haven't worked on drum brakes for years and I couldn't believe how complicated it was. Again. Thank you. :)
Thanks! I watched other videos and replaced my rear shoes. Still wasn't working so gave up and took it to my mechanic. He said fixed and $100 BUT rear brakes still wouldn't grab like they should. He said it had to be hydraulic and could start replacing parts. Said I'll figure out. Your solution putting the shoes on too loose was the problem. I pulled the drum and adjusted the shoes so they just rubbed when putting the drum on and now they work great!! Thanks Again!!!
Fantastic video, this will make my drum and shoe replacement so much easier!!!
I have an 03 Chevy Tracker too I just want to say thank you for that video anything that I do I will share
I need one for the front brakes now 🤣 thanks for making this!
Thank you so much for making this video. I’m getting ready to do mine this weekend. So it’s nice to see the steps beforehand. Great video!!!!!
Thanks, I took these apart and went oh shit what did i do! thank you!!
this control arm is for automatic adjustment pull the handbrake and reverse the car until it stops ....then the brakes are adjusted
Very detailed thankyou! The lower strut got destroyed in mine somehow getting all bent and shit and a replacement is really hard to find as only these spring kits seem available. Great vid being very helpful. Cheers
Best on youtube! Thanks!
Where did you buy your kit and did it come with the self adjuster piece or did you use the original adjuster?
I bought it from Amazon, the Power Stop KOE15355DK Autospecialty Rear Replacement Brake Kit - I don't think it came with the self adjuster piece
Did you have to pull out your axle to make things easier, or did you work around it?
Worked around it, I can't imagine pulling the axle to be a trivial matter on this thing. Best of luck!
@@TheDestructve I actually used a slide hammer and pulled out the hub/axel. Made it much simpler for me , plus I got to replace my studs with extended ones. When it came to changing the actual brakes , your video helped tons. Thanks for posting and replying.
I just completed this , it was not fun.. I did find that once I had the components in place , I put a bungee cord around the outside of the shoes and that made putting the springs on much easier..
Where did you get your self adjusting kit I need one
Amazon - Power Stop KOE15355DK Autospecialty Rear Replacement Brake Kit-OE Brake Drums & Ceramic Brake Pads
What Is the size of your drum brake. And any link for the brake hardware?
This was the kit I purchased from Amazon for the replacement www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074RLCT33
you dont show how you put it bk together there for t makes me think you paid a shop to do it cause i ame tryin to do that same thing n it hard s fk
anyone here know how to bleed the right rear? there's no bleeder screw on that side :|
If I remember right (which I might not) the brake fluid line goes to the passenger side rear and then continues to the drivers side rear where it terminates. If that is the case then when you bleed from the drivers side then you're bleeding that whole chain and bleeding the passenger rear as well. Should be easy enough to follow the lines underneath to see if I've got any sense in my head.
@@TheDestructve that's what I thought at first but after changing all my wheel cylinders and calipers and bleeding the brakes 3 times I have half a pedal. I see there's something called a bleeder block? on the rear axle near the right rear. Gonna look into that I never noticed it before. thanks for the reply also :D
There called line wrenches
Why doesn't anybody show this going together, that would be helpful. I call bullsh*t that the Japanese can engineer/manufacture anything... this is a horrible design
Didn't realize the utility of making this video until I was just about done, would have been much better to have shown this going together.
Too much talk
Them mfs be rusty as hell