Holy shhhh... that's a beautiful truck!

 

Thanks

Can't wait to do a spring swap and get some 17's with slightly larger toyo mt's

 

You'll notice some raised spots on the backing plate that the shoes ride on, that's a metal-to-metal contact point. The grease is applied there to lubricate where the shoes meet with the backing plate, that prevents them from binding up and ruining your day!

 

You can put it where Tom said and also on the shaft of the star adjusting mechanism for ease of future and present brake adjustments. Lithium is not a drippy grease and will stay there. As you can see it's not a dumb question and 90% of the public wouldn't know the answer.

 

toss the grease in your tool box and keep it off the brakes.

 

I agree! Beautiful truck! I love chrome.....it stays really pretty in the south!

 

Thanks for the replies guys, did read them earlier but from my phone sitting under my passenger side axle. I now know why I see lots of comments from people with drum brakes and shoes and what a PITA they are to work on. One side installed, but wore myself out on those springs and (insert adjective here - mine starts with F ends in G) CLIPS. The actuator arm was frozen solid, stripped it down cleaned it up along with backing plate, used the white stuff were Tom suggested and used caliper lube on the actuator arm and the star adjusting mechanism. Took me all afternoon, but as usual there was some grinding rust, treating and painting time in there. And this was the good side, I saw them when I did bearings and the passenger side not terrible, drivers side one edge of the shoe is just metal left, I think it's hanging up worse. But since I had no idea wtf I was doing I figured I would do this first - always easier on the second side.

Before


After

 

Do you actually drive that thing? Lol

 

Hey now, I have for almost a month now - but put my son on a plane to Spain this morning for the summer so I got the jeep back for a temporary daily driver. After the parking brakes I think I'm done for the summer. Didn't want to roll it into the lake pulling a boat in, god I would cry after all this work if something stupid like a parking brake cost me my truck.

 

There are tools for those springs but I never had them either and struggled with them for years since I didn't specialize in brakes. I think you put the grease in all the right places.

I was thinking you had enough material left to just hold the wheel once in awhile but after seeing the picture I see that you did treat yourself to a good addition.

 

Never touched those springs but for the springs on my snowmobile exhaust I use a big flathead with a notch cut in the tip or vice grips

 

I always use needle nose vise grips for those springs. I even have the snap on special tool for those springs and still prefer the vise grips.

 

I installed the mirrors today, was a pretty easy install, had to only add the running light circuit. Everything else was in the door. I took lots of pictures and over the next few days I'll do the write-up on it. Man do they make a diference... Not used to seeing so much in the mirrors. Here's a couple quickies for now...

 

On my snowmobile I use a screwdriver placed through the end and pull with both hands.

 

Needle nose vice grips are the only reason I am still not out in my garage cussing. Worked for the smaller two, my biggest issue was the rear one you put on before you install the shoes, then having to pull them apart. Had to go get my neighbor and ask him to help me, I could not get it far enough by myself to get it over the actuator arm. Have I mentioned my neighbors think I'm nuts?