1999 Mercury Cougar "ford contour brake drum" Questions

...Ford Contour or Mercury Cougar. What you will need to know is whether you have rear drum or disk brakes and what type of spring system is used on the calipers if they are disk brakes, as different ...

...ford contour. I had to put the old pads on to use the new drums. you need to retract the star adjuster to compensate for the thicker shoes and fatter drum once on, then you have to expand the star ...

...Ford Contour SE is making a grinding noise from the rear passengerside whealwell, as well as a lack of pressure at the brake peddal. Any Ideas would be appreciated. Check the brake hose going the ...

...for hardware(drum) took both sides apart 96 ford contour, i remember the big stuff, just forgot location of springs! If you have a autozone around....They can give you a diagram for the brake ...

...drum and replace brake shoes.http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?pageId=0996b43f80cadd05 Here's the brake shoe removal ...

...ford contour GL model I would have to send you pics. This system uses a spring loaded adjuster which you can use a screwdriver through the rear of the backing plate and listen for the clicks but, if ...

...was worn in over time. Make sure the emergency brake is off, if you can move drum at all its the shoes dragging, if you cant move at all, there rusted on, either way a good mallet is your

...ford contour the guy i bought it off of said that he replaced the wheel cylinders and brakes but i still have no brakes what else could be wrong? wheel cylinder have been replaced and brakes too but ...

My svt's rear brakes never fully releases? You can My svt's rear brakes never fully releases? You can smell the pads burning. Any suggestions? Try removing the drums and checking the mechanism. It

brake drums wii not slide off then they are rusted to the hub face, spray rust removing penetrating oil all around the face of the drum into the wheel lug holes and let it set, they strike the face of