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Backing Plate: Service and Repair

BRAKE BACKING PLATE

Removal and Installation
1. Remove the rear wheel cylinder.
2. Remove the rear wheel hub.





3. Remove the parking brake cable from the brake backing plate.
^ Remove the bolt from the wheel knuckle.
^ Remove the parking brake cable by compressing the parking brake cable conduit locking tabs.





4. Remove the brake backing plate from the wheel knuckle.
^ Remove the bolts.
^ Remove the brake backing plate.
5. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
^ Clean the backing plate and wheel knuckle mating surfaces of foreign material and debris.