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Replacing brake shoes on a Ranger Pickup?

I have a 1997 Ford Ranger 4 cyl 2wd, the passenger side rear brakes had a leak. I have never tried replacing rear brakes before and I can't find my chiltons manual for the truck. I managed to get all the old peices out and replace the brake line that was leading up to them (the old line was corroded to the old hardware), problem is, I 'm not sure what the finished, reassembled thing should look like. Anybody know of anyplace online I can find a diagram or instructions to properly reassemble? Thanks for any help

Update:

I couldn't remove from the backing, whole thing was one fused-together chunk of rust- thats why I had to replace all the insides

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  • 1 decade ago
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    old timers trick. take the wheel and drum off the other side and use it for reference

  • 1 decade ago

    going to be hard to find but if u go to autozone just open a manual and take a pic with your camera phone (i do it all the time when working on someone elses car)

  • 1 decade ago

    let me get this straight ! you mean you took the shoes off to replace the line ? you did,nt have to do that. all you had to do is unscrew the line behind the backing plate and replace it.

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