Did rear ebrake shoes on 2000 acura TL3.2

[240260280z]

Not recommended. You need 3 hands.

It is one of the integrated shoes/pads/drum/rotor/hat.

It is the strangest assembly of springs, clips, hard-to-get-to parts that I have ever worked on.

Even stranger is that the adjuster sprocket and the bottom spring.They actually share the same point in space.

I don't know who designed the brake mechanism however the many access holes in the hub seem to point to an attempted corrective action by the hub designer.

Edited May 12, 2012 by Blue

[Arne]

I gave up on Honda products years ago for largely that reason. Engineered well, but overly complex. They seem to revel in complexity for the sake of complexity.

[LeonV]

I gave up on Honda products years ago for largely that reason. Engineered well, but overly complex. They seem to revel in complexity for the sake of complexity.

Sounds like every modern German car, or actually just about every modern car if you're comparing it to a classic. Try working on a contemporary Audi or VW...

[240260280z]

Yeah I hear ya. I did a water pump on a bimmer...lots of plastic bits and strange convoluted methodology to remove it.

I also did the brakes... impressive but weird.... the pads have a huge thick chunk of material nearly twice as thick as Japanese pads (very nice) but having to hold the wheel up against the hub as you inserted the wheel bolts is no fun.

[LeonV]

Yeah I hear ya. I did a water pump on a bimmer...lots of plastic bits and strange convoluted methodology to remove it.

I also did the brakes... impressive but weird.... the pads have a huge thick chunk of material nearly twice as thick as Japanese pads (very nice) but having to hold the wheel up against the hub as you inserted the wheel bolts is no fun.

Those Germans perplex me with their lug bolts.