2002 Echo rear brake question

[Warped_1966]

Hello everyone. I'm new here and I need some help, please. I pulled the rear wheels on my Echo to check the condition of the brake shoes because they make noise after the car sits over night if it's damp outside and found them to be about 1/2 way worn down. What bothers me is that I didn't see a star wheel or any other means of adjusting them. I didn't have a lot of time and figured that as cheap as they are, I'd just get a new set of shoes on pay day and change them out and see where Toyota hid the adjustment device, if there is one. The question is, IS there a way to adjust the rear drum brakes on a 2002 Echo 2 door? How and where would one adjust the hand brake? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

[ericlp]

Looks like it's automatically self adjusting. Never done rear breaks. Good Luck!

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/comp.pdf

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/remo.pdf

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/insp.pdf

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/inst.pdf

[Warped_1966]

That is awesome! Thank you very much for the information!

Originally Posted by ericlp

Looks like it's automatically self adjusting. Never done rear breaks. Good Luck!

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/comp.pdf

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/remo.pdf

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/insp.pdf

http://www.michaelchow.com/techinfo....r/rdb/inst.pdf

[2005RS]

It's a different style of adjuster than the wheel type. I noticed one of them had gotten gummed up and didn't allow it to do its thing. Some brake cleaner and a toothbrush fixed the problem.

[ericlp]

Originally Posted by 2005RS

It's a different style of adjuster than the wheel type. I noticed one of them had gotten gummed up and didn't allow it to do its thing. Some brake cleaner and a toothbrush fixed the problem.

Ok, that will be 50 bucks!

Glad you got it working again. It's amazing how easy some things are to fix. I kinda wonder what a shop would charge some poor sucker for that job.