95jersey

Changing one of my rear rotors and made the ultimately stupid mistake of leaving the parking brake on while changing the rotor (duh). Sometimes the rotors get stuck on the stud and need to be banged off, but when this one just wouldn't budge hit after hit, I should have known something was not right.

Anyways, the short, I tore off the parking brake shoe completely with the rotor. Does anyone know what parts I need to order? It seems the brake pads are bonded to the shoe (one assembly). On Rock auto I see the whole spindal with parking brake or just the parking brake (big diff in pricing). I must say after working on this car many times, and my C4and C5, I have NEVER had to replace a parking brake. Any advice would be appreciated if anyone has replaced a parking brake.

Bill Dearborn

You should only need to replace the parking brake shoes and the springs. Problem is getting them mounted without pulling the hubs. The one the right side of my car hung up on the rotor and pulled off far enough that it popped the springs loose from the backing plate. Have tried each time I changed rotors to get that thing back in place and haven't been successful.

My Tahoe has the same PB setup and each time I pull the rotors off from it they destroy the PB shoes as the rotors get a ridge of rust and dirt build up that reduces the size of the drum so much I can't possibly loosen the shoes far enough for them to clear the stuff.

Bill

BEZ06

Take a look at this site:

http://compnine.com/index.php?u=1&ye...04&grouptype=B





AFAIK, all those parts are for a base C6 as well as a Z06, but check on that!!

It looks like the item# K02 includes the brake shoe and the spring. If you plug in the part# 12455804 which is the kit into Gene Culley's website, it shows that the Forum discount price is less than $56.

Good luck!!

Bob

95jersey

Thanks, that is the part I ordered. Some other bolt type thing fell off as well during the whole debacle. Not sure what it is for, but I will find out. I am SOO pissed at myself. Been working on these cars too long to make rookie mistakes.:o

At least I can still drive the car, also the spring luckily did not pop off the back.

Bill Dearborn

Getting that spring into the shoe and keeping it attached to the backing plate will be fun.

Bill