I need your help. I am in the process of replacing the rotors on my 2001 'vette. Everything went as expected untill I got to removing the rear rotors. They were stuck solid to the wheel hubs. I sprayed WD-40 on the hubs and after a few minutes, I got the right rotor loosened and off. On the left side, I was able to loosen the rotor by gently tapping the perimeter of the rotor with a rubber hammer. When the rotor did come off, so did the emergency brake shoe and its v-shaped hold-down spring which holds the shoe to the backing plate. My emergency is I do not know how to reassemble the emergency brake shoe and hold-down spring to the backing plate. I know how they fasten together, however, the wheel hub is directly in front of where it goes on the backing plate. Do I need to remove the wheel hub? If so, how? If not, what do I do?

If you can help me get my car back on all four wheels, I am greatfull.
I will wait right here...................


Roger T

 

I am not exactly sure how it goes back together. I would remove the other side and see how they are mounted it will be the same on both sides. You should not have to remove the hub. Hope this helps.

 

This thread may help - http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ke+re-assembly If not do a search, that's where I found this.

 

This guy has the same problem...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2015662

 

[QUOTE=taz03;1565310008]I am not exactly sure how it goes back together. I would remove the other side and see how they are mounted it will be the same on both sides. You should not have to remove the hub. Hope this helps.[/

I know how the pieces go together. Accessability to the backing plate is my question/problem. If I take the other side apart, I just doubled my problem and nothing gained.

Roger T

 

Try this:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1955752

I'll let you slide without ordering the tool.

 

Don't panic! You can do it. I almost freakedout when during the course of a ebraqke adjust, the spring flew off!
Look first at the threads above to get some idea of the layout. Then you need to take an old small screw driver and grind a notch in the center. Take some time first to free up the adjustment screw and adust it outward until the hub just will slide on. After hooking up the sprng to the shoe, hook one part on the backing plate and you are almost there. Then pull the shoe forward a bit and use you custom tool to push the second spring loop over the second backing plate hook. That's basically it.

 

I had the same experiance. Was ALMOST able to get the spring on, got one side of the spring but couldn't catch the other side. You need a SPRING HOOK. A long thin tool with a J shaped hook on one end. Finally bought several at Harbor Freight after trying Sears and using their hooks to no avail. If you look at the hub you will see an EXTRA HOLE drilled into the hub which is in just the right place to get a spring hook into. I played with the spring for about a half hour hooking one end on one of the raised metal catches then put the shoe on and used the spring hook thru the extra hole in the hob to FINALLY slip the other end of the spring over the catch at the other end of the spring. Don't remember which one I caught first as I tried it dozens of times. The GM service manual says replace spring or something like that. They must assume you have done this hundreds of times before.
Get one that has a hook on it and will fit into the hub hole. Don't get something too big. The diagrams on the post above are great but I did it kinda by trial ane error.
Good luck.
Have a bottle of scotch or a six pack or two handy when you finish.
You will need them!!!! BIGHANK


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Thank you to all who responded to my plea for help. I had a hard time with it but did get the parking brake shoe and spring put back together.

Roger T