So I took on the challenge of doing my rear brake pads and discs considering I’ve done the front ones with little to no problems. I watched videos on how to and looked at forums and it seemed very similar to the front brake job. Come to find out that I think I have brake drums? And on the videos I did not see the ‘shoe’ that I see on my car. Called a buddy of him (he knows his stuff on mechanic work) and he said he’s never seen this kind of rear brakes on a car. I’ll attempt to attach some pictures for you guys so you know what I’m talking about. The first one will be labeled with a ‘1’ this one will show where the new rotor is being prevented from sliding on. The bottom of the ‘shoe’ will go in but not the top of it or vice versa. Picture with ‘2’ on it will show where my buddy said to screw it as much as I could for it to tighten and it should of fit inside the rotor but it still doesn’t. Last unmarked picture is only to show you guys what the other side looks like. I’m so frustrated with this I hope you guys have found a solution to this problem.

 

The shoes you see are for parking brake adjustment and are commonly used on many vehicles.
Make sure you release the parking brake pedal before you put the new rotor on.

 

@primavera Copy. I’ll give that a try today and see if it helps. If it still doesn’t, any other suggestions?

 

Worst case is you have to back off the cable tension. Now I have not done this so, another may need to chime in but often times the cable adjust is right ahead of the splitter where the L & R cables are pulled by a single cable under the car. Follow the cables.

Also, you should take those adjusters out and clean and lubricate them. When the car rolls backwards they typically ratchet out out to compensate for pad wear automatically. So you want them to work. Also, don't tighten them so tight that they stick and can't be moved.