HOW TO REPLACE REAR BRAKES MK2 FORD FOCUS 2007

Easy how to, this time changing rear brakes (drums) in a ford focus MK2 and it's a year 2007.
Very easy if you know how to work a spanner, and not much to go wrong.
If your easily panicked just take a picture before you pull apart there's only about 6 bits and there's only 1 place for each thing.
And once you do it, you never forget
Most brake systems either look just like this, or come apart in the same way.
Be safe, support the car, and always use grease on moving parts, to ensure maximum use from your parts.

[@Bobbyelite182]

Fixed my brake shoes yesterday with the help of this video. Nice one!

[@oraclescave]

Thanks for coming back to let everyone know Bobby. 👍👍👍

[@stu_jam]

Top tip: slacken the nut that tightens the handbrake cable on the handbrake lever before you perform any maintenance on parking brakes

[@stu_jam]

For those wondering, the bolts to remove the drum is M8x30

[@oraclescave]

It absolutely is, I had to buy a seperate socket as my toolkit didn't go close to that size. 👍👍👍

[@phealnmyself8957]

thank you

[@anonymous8177]

Thanks for this. Helped me change my shoes. Just a couple of things that may help others. When putting the shoes back on the pistons you have to stretch the spring around with shoes attached, this causes the pistons to push in on one side and out on another. My cylinder leaked a little but was okay when in place. I will have to change cylinders because the pistons are not supposed to push in and out so much, so this will cause corrosion inside and potentially damage them causing them to lock up as brake fluid is corrosive. On the other side i avoided this by placing some small sockets either side of the left shoe so it wouldnt move the piston in order to stretch the right shoe and spring over to the right.

[@carljones3792]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you.

[@oraclescave]

No but I do wear my pants on the outside of my trousers sometimes 😂😆🤣

[@frankbruen4]

Great video, followed it and changed all shoes. Foot break working but handbreak wont work now. I clipped the piece into the arm of the shoe as shown…. Any suggestions please?

[@oraclescave]

There is a winding mechanism in between the shoes, unscrewing it to open the shoes wider, testing the drum can still turn freely with minimal amount of scraping, if the shoes are too wide and can't turn the drum just screw back some until drum can still move. You just want it to barely start scraping when drum is on. Scraping too much will cause friction and heat, that's bad. But just as it starts to contact the drum is enough, and your handbrake should work fine. I'm sure that's what should correct your issue.

[@bangyahead1]

Watching this made me really glad my 2005 Focus came with disk brakes on all four wheels.

[@oraclescave]

Damn your car is old Maybe you need to upgrade the car not the brakes lol 👍👍👍

[@danglingdave1787]

@@oraclescave that's only two years older than this car.

[@oraclescave]

@@danglingdave1787 this car was 3 cars ago lol

[@bar7294]

cheers for the guide from sunny Fife ;

[@oraclescave]

Thanks dude, glad it helped you out. 👍👍👍

[@reikoruffneck4613]

The plastic part that holds the handbrake cable that clips onto the backplate have fallen out on both sides, will this stop the adjusters from working?

[@EarnInvestSave]

I have the same car and it failed mot on rear brake imbalance.. Would this be cause by uneven wear on one side so changing the shoes should fix this? Thanks

[@oraclescave]

It can be a few things. Worn brake pads, bad discs with scoring on them, a stiff caliper that is starting to seize up. Just check them and look for obvious issues, undo the slider pins and clean them up and put some grease on them, it's possibly the piston in the caliper that's starting to seize up so it's not fully squeezing the brake disk on one side. You can take the wheel off, start the car and have someone apply the brake, and when you tell them to let off, watch for the movement in the caliper, when applied and when let off, you should see a noticeable squeezing motion, if it looks like nothing happened then you find which side is the issue. If both are squeezing fine and letting go fine, then you know it's either your pads or discs that's the problem. But I would bet its discs or piston in the caliper that's causing it. Hope this helps you narrow it down.

[@oraclescave]

And yes it could also just be your shoes, but if the discs have grooves, it's best to replace them aswell, so you have full clamping force, grooves on the disc can cause the issue you are having.

[@EarnInvestSave]

@@oraclescave Thanks for the answer! Will have a look at this today that helps alot 👍

[@chmartin444]

Great vid cheers

[@oraclescave]

Much appreciated 👍👍👍

[@TheSavageGarage]

Great video mate

[@oraclescave]

The Savage Garage thanks bud, I have seen some of your content before, this is a small world, I will throw you a sub and check out your latest vids 👍 ATB Darren

[@RussianSpaceman]

found this very helpful, ignore the sensitive boys in comments PS nice trick with the small spring, super handy

[@johnhughes3082]

Hi does the shoes act for handbrake and rear brakes,,cheers

[@oraclescave]

Yes, they sure do, 👍👍👍

[@oraclescave]

There is a little adjuster at the bottom, so if you still have pad material left, you can twist the adjuster to spread the pads out. And just test fit the drum again, you want the pads to nearly scrape the drum, when you hear scraping just back the adjuster off a tiny amount and you will have a perfect setting without even taking everything apart in there.

[@nitronixasd]

Hi, great video! Thanks. One question, do you need a hub puller to pull the drum off? Ii notice you use 2 bolts, are they just 2 bolts you found to fit? It looks very similar to the Peugeot drums but you need to replace the wheel bearing on those bad boys if you need to replace the drums...which I need to do I think.

[@oraclescave]

No you wont need a puller, and yes it was just bolts I had laying around. Very easy on this model of car. If the drum struggles to come off, just hit it back on and try again. 👍👍👍

[@nitronixasd]

@@oraclescave thanks bud ur a star. Gone to AutoDoc online and got brakes, pads, drums and shoes for under £150 so was checking I didn't need anything more. Thanks for prompt response! 👍

[@oraclescave]

@@nitronixasd it's good practice to use some copper grease on all the sliding moving parts. But that's it bud, you will be amazed how easy it is. 👍👍👍

[@chmartin444]

Great vid cheers.

[@marclaw4511]

Drum brakes haven't changed much in last 30 years.Just need to clean everything and clean self adjusters.Copper grease helps on the part where they move.A good video with no f*cking about.

[@oraclescave]

Well said 👍

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

And hay presto you've save yourself a fortune i don't know why everybody doesn't do there own services

[@Roman-SK]

Hello, i have a question. Is here possible to replace damaged screw (1 of the 5). Or is needed to remove whole pad?

[@oraclescave]

hehsonSK yes you would have to take drums or pads out to replace the lug nut. There should be videos on , how to replace lug nut. Thanks Darren

[@oraclescave]

hehsonSK but yes you can replace just one screw if needed, you don't have to replace all.

[@Roman-SK]

ORACLE'S CAVE thank you, i was not sure if there will be place to remove the screw, after i remove drum. I mean some place like this on front wheel kzbin.info/www/bejne/jomcpZhonqt7aac

[@oraclescave]

hehsonSK yes it's the same part inside the drum, it's just covered by the drum but it is same as the front "HUB" it's the part the screws are in. The drum just comes off and you will see the part inside.

[@lea-rw5cb]

I've removed drum and found left retaining pin has snapped but how do you push another pin in as it isn't straight through and plates in way, do I remove backing plate or is there a easier option (really hoping there is lmao)

[@oraclescave]

I'm not sure, if it looks like you can remove backing plate to get to the area, just do it. I remember one if my other cars needed the hub to be removed. So it would be the much easier option to go the back plate route, I have never had to replace them on mine. But I'm sure there is an easy way, you should check out some of the forums, they will probably have some how-to threads with pictures. I'm sure it will be simple, so dont stress. 👍👍👍

[@lea-rw5cb]

Lol pain in the arse drum was stuck as pin had snapped anyway had a grinding noise from brake and the snapped pin was the culprit, thanks for reply I'll have a look on some forums and see if I can figure it out, I tryed to pry plate forward but isn't enough to slide pin in, the right side is just push straight in why did they design it in such a stupid way 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oraclescave]

@@lea-rw5cb possibly squeezing a drill in there and trying to put a small hole where the pin goes in, so you can sneak it in there. It might be tight to get a drill in, to add insult to injury I have a little parkside 90 degree elbow for drill bits, would make that job much easier. But where there's a hole there's a way. 👍👍👍

[@whiskyone405]

Pin just pushes through from the back on a 2010 Focus. Mine went missing and it had fallen out the back. Just popped it back though. I might replace the pins if I change my brake shoes again as they were pretty knackered but the still held.

[@Galactica-Actual]

Where do you add grease to stop squeaking when you realise the break peddle please?

[@oraclescave]

Are you sure your pads have not worn out, that could be the cause of squeaking, and if you changed them already you might not have set the adjusters accordingly, and you will need to take hub off and unwind the adjusters until the brake pads fit the hub better. But grease should be applied to all parts in the centre of the hub, springs, adjusters, pins, retainers. Hope this helps

[@Galactica-Actual]

@@oraclescave Hi, thanks for the reply, Pads are OK and hub has been cleaned out of break dust. Because the squeak only happens when the break peddle is released, I have been told the contact pointd need lubrication, I just don't know what the contact points are, lol

[@oraclescave]

@@Galactica-Actual they just mean all the surfaces of the moving parts inside behind the drum. Maybe corrosion inside the drum is just very dry and crusty causing stuff to not swing freely. Once you get the drum off maybe just rubbing everything with a wire brush first will help then just apply grease to everything from the back off the pads towards the middle. Just be a bit dry in there that's all

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

The North American Focus uses a completely different design with the bearing and wheel studs integrated into the drum.

[@oraclescave]

I know the 2.0 litre and above have different rear set up, but this car was a 1.6 litre so just has the basic form of rear set up, old style ATB Darren

[@nickgardiner7319]

What size bolts? do you remember?

[@oraclescave]

Not sure, but would most likely be 10mm or 12mm threads, normal bolt size, probably have some laying around.

[@matthewsalmon8194]

M8 bolts - I used 50mm length

[@davezetec]

Cheers boss

[@oraclescave]

No worries Dude, glad it helped 👍👍👍

[@davezetec]

@@oraclescave it did I was sat by my car with the thing taken apart before watching this to see how to put it together 😂 always try to say thanks when a video helps.

[@oraclescave]

@@davezetec well its much appreciated buddy, It feels good to know I made somebody's day that bit easier with one of my videos. I also have a video on tightening the handbrake if needed, very quick 👍👍👍

[@davezetec]

@@oraclescave funny you should say that it's the next thing I watched as the handbrake well slack after changing everything 😂 was mostly for how to get the trim off

[@adamde1990]

I’ve just done this job and made a balls of it because I’ve no handbrake anymore

[@oraclescave]

Did you attach the handbrake mechanism back where it was ? And did you twist the adjuster wheel to expand the pads and test with putting the drum on to makes sure it was slightly scraping when hub gets turned. Usually this is the issue, just take your time and don't freak out. The brake has to be set, and if the mechanism is all attached where its supposed to be, it just needs adjusted to spread the pads, because the handbrake will only expand the pads a little bit. So the winding mechanism just needs spread until the hub slightly rubs when turning then the adjuster can be backed of a tiny bit. And everything will be fine. You can also try pumping the foot brakes to try and set the winding mechanism without pulling it all apart, so I would try this first. If none of it works, I would probably re-do it again. I also have a video on tightening the handbrake for this car, but it's best to do it the adjusting winding wheel way first, before trying the handbrake video. It's not too complicated, if it's your first time it will seem scary, just take your time, no rush, it's important you go step by step, but even my 12 year old kid knows everything to do and he has only done it 3 times. So take your time and don't freak out. I'm here if you need anything at all

[@oraclescave]

The brakes will work no matter what because they just pump pump pump the piston out to the right place. The handbrake only activates the pad spread a very small amount, so if pads are not spread enough, it can't bite in enough. So go slow, it might take a few times to adjust the pads taking hub on and off. Then once that's done, IF the handbrake needs tightened, which it probably won't need done, there is a quick how-to and is very very easy, can't go wrong. Let me know what's happening as you do stuff, I would rather see you save chunks of money and learn to do them yourself, it will give you good confidence in yourself once you complete it. Biggest rule is take your time.

[@adamde1990]

@@oraclescave legend, thanks for the reply. I was in a mad rush last night to get it done as one of my mates had to use the car lift so I just threw it back on quick. I have 100% not set the auto adjuster thing that goes at the top so the shoes touch the drum. I drove it home with no handbrake last night hoping it would magically fix itself 😂. Thanks again I’ll do some googling around how to fix the adjuster

[@adamde1990]

@@oraclescave everyone I had asked about it quickly said “you have to adjust it at the handbrake” but I thought of that as more of a last resort than the first thing to do. Glad I asked someone who knows. Cheers again mate

[@oraclescave]

@adamde1990 no worries bud, just search CLEANING AND ADJUSTING FOCUS DRUM BRAKES. and look for the videos that have the gear cog winder, like 1A AUTO VIDEOS. they will show you clearly

[@russelljones-d4h]

He did,nt show you how he adjusted the shoes,

[@oraclescave]

There is a winding mechanism at the top between the two shoes. You just twist it to spread the shoes apart. Test fitting the hub on and off until you get it just scraping the drum. Then you can back it off a tiny bit and that's it.

[@adriank7796]

My 05 mk2 has disk rear brakes

[@oraclescave]

Yes, those are much easier to fix, I also have a disk video if you need any help, but disks are straight forward to do. But yes, these models have both set ups. 👍👍👍

[@adriank7796]

@@oraclescave will probably just add that there are 2 diffrent sizes for the same model car I had issues had to take disk of and measure

[@oraclescave]

@@adriank7796 yes the front are different size than the rear, that's correct. I found that out trying to put a spare disk onto the rear, but I had a front disk, I was not the happiest monkey in the zoo when that happened, as I had stripped everything down already, lol

[@adriank7796]

@@oraclescave sorry I ment here in Australia the auto store or where ever you buy the rotors from tell you there is a 265 and a 285 rear rotor mine was 265

[@oraclescave]

@@adriank7796 yes I think the bigger is for 2 litre cars and higher

[@mrsdoyle2827]

You could do with a Muff !

[@oraclescave]

Yes I could, lol 👍👍👍

[@bigjon261]

Every time he gets stuck the video stops, and when it restarts the problem part is miraculously fitted in place....poor poor video

[@oraclescave]

Lol, that's why I explain everything that needs done. Funny how your inadequateness has you mad. Simple things are just hard for some people I guess. Go pay to have it done, you shouldn't be near car brakes.