Brake Pads/Shoes - Rear Disc Removal - Chrysler PT Cruiser Service & Repair Manual

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BRAKE PADS/SHOES - FRONT (Continued)
(3) Install the disc brake caliper over the brake
shoes on the brake caliper adapter. Make sure the
springs on the shoes do not get caught in the hole
formed into the center of the caliper housing.
(4) Align the caliper guide pin bolt holes with the
guide pins. Install the caliper guide pin bolts and
tighten them to a torque of 35 N·m (26 ft. lbs.) (Fig.
18).
(5) Install the tire and wheel assembly. Tighten
the wheel mounting nuts to a torque of 135 N·m (100
ft. lbs.).
(6) Lower the vehicle.
(7) Pump the brake pedal several times before
moving the vehicle to set the shoes to the brake
rotor.
(8) Check and adjust the brake fluid level as nec-
essary.
(9) Road test the vehicle and make several stops to
wear off any foreign material on the brakes and to
seat the brake shoes.
BRAKE PADS/SHOES - REAR
DISC
REMOVAL
NOTE: Before proceeding, (Refer to 5 - BRAKES -
WARNING)(Refer to 5 - BRAKES - CAUTION).
(1) Raise the vehicle. (Refer to LUBRICATION &
MAINTENANCE/HOISTING - STANDARD PROCE-
DURE)
(2) Remove both rear tire and wheel assemblies
from vehicle.
NOTE: Perform Step 3 through Step 7 on each side
of the vehicle to complete shoe set removal.
NOTE: In some cases, it may be necessary to
retract the caliper piston in its bore a small amount
in order to provide sufficient clearance between the
shoes and the rotor to easily remove the caliper
from the knuckle. This can usually be accomplished
before the guide pin bolts are removed, by grasping
the rear of the caliper and pulling outward working
with the guide pins, thus retracting the piston.
Never push on the piston directly as it may get
damaged.
(3) Remove the two caliper guide pin bolts (Fig.
20).
Fig. 20 Caliper And Rotor Mounting
1 - DISC BRAKE ADAPTER
2 - GUIDE PIN BOLTS
3 - HUB AND BEARING
4 - BRAKE ROTOR
5 - RETAINER CLIP
6 - DUST CAP
7 - NUT
8 - DISC BRAKE CALIPER
(4) Remove the caliper assembly from the brake
adapter by first rotating the top of the caliper away
from the rotor, and then lifting the caliper assembly
off the machined abutment on the adapter (Fig. 21).
Fig. 21 Caliper Removal/Installation
1 - BRAKING DISC
2 - CALIPER ADAPTER
3 - CALIPER
4 - LOWER MACHINED ADAPTER ABUTMENT
BRAKES - BASE 5 - 17