OEM 2004 Jeep Liberty Parking Brake Shoe

2004 Jeep Liberty Parking Brake Shoe Parts and Q&A

• Q: How to Maintain and Fix a Parking Brake Shoe on 2004 Jeep Liberty?

  A: Support your vehicle so it is raised, then take off the tire and wheel assembly, remove the brake caliper and lift the disc brake rotor to access the parking brake shoe. Take the rear park brake shoes apart, wash the individual brake parts, including the outside of the support plate, with a damp cloth or brake cleaner and avoid all other cleaning products. You should use fine sandpaper to take off light rust and scale from the brake shoe contact pads on the support plate. The brake shoes should be changed when the lining surrounding the rivets is no more than 0.78 mm (1/32 inch) from the rivets and the braking material stuck onto the wheel should be changed when its thickness has fallen to 1.6 mm (1/16 inch). Look at the liner for bent shoes or a drum that narrows at the top; if shoes are only showing wear on one side, then bin them and check the drum for tapering or unevenness. See if the adjusting screw assembly is affected, for example, by damage to the star wheel or by visible rust. If so, install a new adjuster completely. Throw away any springs or retainers that are worn, damaged or collapsed and, if brake drag occurs, change the springs, as heat can negatively affect them. Scrutinize the shoe contact pads on the support plate and if any are too thin, rusted or the plate itself is bent, then the support plate should be changed. Serve the rear park brake shoes, put everything back together, set up the disc brake rotor and caliper, install the tire and wheel assembly and then bring the vehicle down. Experts recommend stopping the vehicle from 25 mph at a moderate to light pull of the parking brake lever on dry pavement or concrete after a new vehicle is purchased or carpet lining is put in.