what about the drum ughh im trying to replace my own and it's been challenging specially with my sausage fingers 😂

Just did this job today. My spring kit didn’t have that one spring either!

This video sucks

Worst rear brake design I have ever seen, just did mine and this was the only video showing the mess you have to re-install. Thanks!

hahahahaha,i feel your frustration bro! am the same but your video is exelent very helpfull,thanks.

Thank you!! It helped me a lot!

Tha k you your service. Do you have a cadhapp or something

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Good stuff thank you bud!

Excellent video Jay I found another very good one but it's in Portuguese but a very good video all the same I'm working on the rear brakes of a 1998 Grand Vitara, it looks identical to the set up you're working on in this video It seems to be missing the springs you said didn't come in the spring set, I've only taken the left side apart but the same spring is missing from the right side as well so I haven't lost the left one The left hand brake was locking up and wasn't releasing and those springs look like they'd help the hand brake to release I think the Portuguese fella's video is a slightly later model and uses a different simpler strut/part where those springs go that doesn't have the adjustment at the front of the handbrake strut like yours and mine but other than that it's identical and a very good video that shows the correct order of assembly I'll put up a link to his video👇😔

This is the same exact assembly I have on my 2002 Suzuki vitara (not the grand vitara but the 2.0L that has no info available anywhere). I must have spent hours trying to find a decent diagram or video. Same thing happened to me.. I took off the lowering spring and everything fell off. These brakes do indeed suck. But you are a goat. This 5 year old video saved my ass today. Thanks man.

Too bad the one i have didn't fall apart, trying to take it apart without screwing it up

I have a 2002 Suzuki XL-7 Grand Vitara those brakes are a total pain in the A$$. I have a bad back and legs, so yes it is a pain in 2x ways here..

Thanks so much saved me

Thank you so much for your video....the drum brakes are fucking ridiculous! I got my patience tested to it's capacity and then some!

Seriously. THANK YOU SO MUCH 💯

Can anyone show me how to put them on from start to finish

Very well put! :-) you showed every detail that needed to be shown to put this back together on my 2000 Chevy Tracker thank you

Awesome video

Gracias carnal

Thank you! We could not figure out how what went where.

Dude thank you

Great job showing where the all parts go, especially with that planet sized hub in the way. I just finished working on a 2003 Chevy Tracker with the same setup. Reminds me of trying to build a ship-in-a-bottle. Unfortunately someone before me had worked on the brakes and did who knows what with the pawls. Couldn't find them anywhere and they aren't included in replacement hardware kit.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thanks for the video!! Appreciate the videos all you guys and girls put out there. Helps avoid a lot of stress for first timers👍

Good video friend, it helps me a lot. Greetings from Tijuana

Dude your the best much appreciated ….what a pain

YOU WERE RIGHT. THEM BRAKES ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. GREAT VIDEO

I'm glad I came across this video. Really opened my eyes on doing this myself, and I decided to finally take the plunge.....and just let someone the fuck else do it.

Jay, truly appreciated your video in more ways than the obvious. Got the rears done thanks to you. Also, I laughed solid for 10 minutes and chuckled the rest of the night after your very right on description of the job ahead. It brought back some great memories of a since past old timer who taught me so much and you dead on caught his real descriptions of drum brake jobs and other great engineering skills of auto makers. Thanks again Brother!

Excellent job with the camera, it suprise me that there such a huge hub flange thats blocks access to installing the return spring. This is where you need a 16" vice to install on a engineering head, just a slow turn ever 15 min for entertainment.🤣

Thanks man! I've been looking for a looong time to get this done. Your video take my Tracker out of my garage.

I have a 98 suzuki sidekick. I'm in a bad situation that I'm trying to get out of and this car is my way out. I've paid 4 different guys to fix it and all them did a little work and then quit before it was finished. I sent the last one to get parts for the brakes with the last of my money and I never saw him again. Soo..I'm going to try to finish this by myself. So, probably stupid question, is the part you're turning to show all the parts supposed to turn? Does it turn if only one side is jacked up? Because mine doesn't. And I'm stuck trying to put the adjuster on. Idk where to put the part that actually turns the wheel on the adjuster. Does it clip to anything besides the spring?

Great vid Jay .Found it too late.Got my pawl from the wrecker.Not available at jobbers.I am going to put a push nut over the pawl post for extra safety.Those pawls are a unicorn .They are now very pricey .Collect all you can.double your money.

THANK YOU!!!!!!! my 98 came with NO parts in my rear brakes, this will help a lot!!

Good video ,genial

Thanks brother. I popped my drum off and all these broken fu%&×n pieces came with it.

Hey, thank you so much for uploading this video and putting in so much detail. My Dads Grande Vitara 2004 shoes needed doing and as you mentioned when taking it off everything just fell out 🤬! So we scoured the Internet forums for help....none a patch on yours. So from over in the UK 🇬🇧 thank you 😀

Thanks for this..what a pain.

Thanks for the video, worst brake design I’ve ever seen. The spring kit, and different colored springs really helped. Thanks

even the professional mechanics are getting confused on this, parts aren't available !!!

Saved my ass thank my guy

Thanks for showing this as all the guts fell out from broken springs.

Back up and apply brakes several times. Self adjusts

A clip goes on that post. Its in the kit

Spring kit $21.95 advance auto

my grand vitara’s rear assembly also fell apart when removing the drum, so this video was helpful. Thanks

Thanks mate, these are defiantly painful

Thanks for the video these are a pain I'm particularly having issue with the e brake. By the way there's a C clip that holds that Pall in place

My right side self destructed and most of the stuff is missing from the left side. No wonder the brake pedal had a lot of travel(like the master was weak) but never failed completely. There is no adjuster on the left and it ate the one on the right. Maybe I should split up the left over pieces...