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gazaflash

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Anybody replace the backing plate for the rear shoes?
I could not find any info around so I had to remove a lot of bits to get to it. Glad I went that route as opposed to cutting and rewelding the new plates!
 
OK so the part #'s are as follows
7P0609451D is for the left side, 7P0609452D for the right side.
I did not replace mine but did notice a lot of rouge on them. I was thinking of scuffing them with steel wool to get rid of the loose debris on them and then spraying them if possible.
Did you have to remove everything from the brake system to get them off?
 
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OK so the part #'s are as follows
7P0609451D is for the left side, 7P0609452D for the right side.
I did not replace mine but did notice a lot of rouge on them. I was thinking of scuffing them with steel wool to get rid of the loose debris on them and then spraying them if possible.
Did you have to remove everything from the brake system to get them off?
Hi there.
Should have explained betterrrerere!
One of the pins locating into the backing plate that hold the shoes in place came loose. The hole that holds the pin in place rusted so the loose pin was rattling around inside the rear brake assembly.
I bought new plates from the dealer as that is the only place you can get them.
I was going to cut the plate, twist it enough to get it to around the back of the hub and then weld it together but my concern was that the plate would take a permanent twist and I would not get the system to do a basic setting and possible grind in procedure, so I decided to unbolt the hub/bearing assembly, push the drive shaft out and fit the plate properly. My concern that it would open another can of worms trying to remove the hub assembly and drive shaft but a bit of time and it was all apart. Glad I went this route. No damage and I could fit the backing plate properly. This would have been fairly costly at the dealer to do since it does involve removing a few bits to get to the plate.
I did take pictures but I should have taken a video as I could not find any info on replacing the plates.
 
The exact same "failure" just happened to me on my commute home from work today. I don't have time to do a proper fix, so I just replaced the retainer with a long machine screw and a bunch of stepped up washers to give it enough surface area to pick up on the solid portion of the backing plate....

I was looking at what it takes to replace the backing plates, and it looks like all that disassembly is required... and all the screws and bolts are quite rusted on mine, so it will be lots of fun to do for sure!

Gotta love living in the rust belt.
 
As much of a bummer as it is to have it happen, the one plus is that it happened now and not in the middle of a brutally cold Canadian Winter.
 
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