Peugeot rear brake pad and handbrake shoe service

This video shows how to remove the rear brake components including the hand brake shoes. How to clean and service them to help improve handbrake performance and reduce brake drag and more importantly increase mpg. Model peugeot 406.

[@PeterM0911]

Thank's, great video. I just went to change the shoes today, but I coudn't see the adjuster and I tought might good idea to find solution on the net. This video popped up in google, straight away. I'm glad to watch it, before I did anything, because I wanted to remove the caliper too, to tae the disc off. Now I see I don't have to. Thank's again!

[@karensmith-davies9946]

One of the best how to videos on KZbin ...many thanks I'm doing this job today and its raining too!! All the one handed wobbly "er..um" crowd should take note of the way this video is put together ...so well explained and nicely edited

[@bunnybr]

There are two ways of adjusting the handbrake. One is turn the adjustment wheel that separates the brake shoes. keep turning it with your lever until the brakes start to bind. Apply handbrake to reset them and try again. Repeat until the brakes are binding then back off slightly till running free. The second is using the adjustable rod on the passanger side of the rear cable. This is usually rusted so may need cleaning before it will move. Hope that helps e

[@lesleyholmes6724]

thank you. You saved not only my car but my marriage with this video. I was on the verge of setting fire to both car and husband.

[@Goblintom]

I'm fixing my new project, a 605, and this is the closest guide I have, thanks. Was helpful.

[@bunnybr]

The retaining pins are located differently in peugeots. The pins on this peugeot locate into a hole in the backing plate. When this goes and it does it requires the whole backing plate to be replaced. Is a hell of a job. From memory the vauxhall pin is pushed in from the back and secured with a holed cup washer. These rust away as well but easier and cheaper to replace than the peugeot.

[@bunnybr]

You can take an angle grinder to the backing plate and remove the metal to metal or the rust to rust contact point. These items are sold occasionally on Ebay. So worth looking out for them. Some are very good condition like the two I got a few months ago for £10 each. I have noticed some of the cars have alloy pins which corrode weld in the holes. The trick to remove is break them in the middle with a chisel. It is a lot easier to get the two halves out rather than the whole thing.

[@sicnintyeight]

helpful vid. glad I'm not the only one who uses bolts to replace the shoe holding pins!! the

[@fetchitnowuk]

As promised I have uploaded a video to indicate the build up of rust can result in friction of the discs and back plate as you mentioned in your video. I won't tell you the amount of money I have spent trying to diagnose everything else apart from this but I hope more people will view your video.

[@davewood1772]

Thanks for your time and commitment. Helped enormously with great commonsense home grown instructions.

[@sergiyshtankevych3026]

What I learned from this video: Scotland if fucking rainy!! How to service brakes. Thanks a lot. Great tutorial!

[@PhilipHo92]

Great video! I need to do the same repair on my car and I will defiantly use your solution with the springs! Thank you!

[@fetchitnowuk]

bunnybr, great video. The instruction are very clear and I know first hand how difficult asembling the shoes afterwards. You have also given me an area of investigation to carry out with regards to the poor fuel economy. If it works out to be true I shall post a video response back to this.

[@chrisgoulding3457]

Great video, just about to do the same thing bolting my shoes on as the pins have pulled through - back plates are main dealer only and cost £98 each (only paid £870 for the whole car!) Paid for new pad and shoe fitting kits though because the pad pins are heavily corroded and will need cutting & drilling to remove and shoe springs have been damaged since pin pulled through. Think I'll need to use some e-metal to save the back-plate too.

[@Brick_Rockstone]

thank you sir for your effort during that rainy day

[@riverhill86]

Thanks for a helpful video!

[@redmikekite]

really helpful video many many thanks I dread to think how much a garage would have charged me

[@timekeeper5721]

Thank you, video helped me to change disk and brake pads

[@masseyshaw8271]

Many thanks for that. When I came to service the brakes, the hanbrake cables had rusted and broken!! Where they come through the caliper, do they just follow the bend in the tensioner and sit there??? and as I'm replacing both handbrake cables, do I tension them up first and then use the little wheel to do fine adjustment?? Many thanks for your advice, you make the job a lot less daunting!!!!

[@davidhenderson1073]

Thanks for the good informative video.

[@Northyorkspaul]

Very useful as my backplates have completely rusted away and the shoes all loose so this is a help to see how it all goes back!..well done video but surely you have to adjust the handbrake shoes?

[@markevans4324]

Many thanks, helped my dad out hugely!

[@ronaldmanson3033]

good video, very informative and precise. the set up is similar to boxer van 2.2 hdi, and would be a good guide. many thanks. still raining.

[@masseyshaw8271]

Great video, very helpful. The only thing I'm not sure about is the re-fitting of the handbrake cable when you put the shoes back on and how you adjust it correctly. Can you offer any advice on this??

[@juliewilson7569]

brilliant vid well explained .. would like to improve handbrake efieciency on these cars . the bolt method seems to help the 406 forums say i am thinking of extending that lever as a lot of cars its like 5 inch on these its 1 inch someway of reducing spring tension might help ....

[@johnhopkins898]

excellent video except you didn't adjust the star wheels up on the handbrake shoes

[@bunnybr]

Well spotted the car switcheroony trick. I thought that the rubberbit on the red car was spring assisters for towing the caravan.

[@mystreba]

If I had the money I would buy this guy a wee garage.

[@davidellis9487]

Helped me so much thanks so much for putting a great video up :)

[@paulbray4626]

Ah there was Prouts garage that went from Austin Morris to Peugeot briefly as the garage was going down hill , this was before Peugeot and Talbot were joined , when Peugeot bought out Talbot prouts wouldn't build a showroom so Truscotts took the Peugeot franchise from them , I believe several of their mechanics wouldnt work on Peugeots , and left aided by the fact the garage was winding down , maybe this solves the mystery ??

[@benbeni6685]

Very good video! Bunnybr do some other video repair peugeot 406

[@johnkerr2084]

Hi great video, excellent advice.Do you think you'll be changing pads with electronic handbrake in the future on possibly a Peugeot 3008 or similar and do you have any advice for someone who is looking to undertake the job.

[@bunnybr]

I used two bolts to act as a locking system. You might have to remove them at a later date.

[@1101rch]

Thank you very much for the video. Could I ask are the rear shoes the same on the 406 Copue ( V6 )?

[@andripopa13]

hi there, I have a Peugeot 607 2002 and I need to change all 4 brake disc shields. Can give me some help on how to find new ones and/or what compatibility might be with other models? Best, Andrei

[@andreymorchshak2641]

Спасибо мужик!!! Очень помог!

[@timothyslater4347]

Thanks pal this is a brilliant help 👍

[@brettymike]

Excellent video Sir! , Thank you!.

[@duebang1]

Thanks so much. helped a lot.

[@cdm3842]

Be carreful, on your rear springs you have a part in rubber wich reduce the amplitude of the suspension. This part was put during the assembly of the car to be transported in trucks. But before the delivery, they forgotten to remove it!! So you never enjoy the real comfort and handling of your 406, what a shame!!! (your video starts with a grey 406 wich is ok, but not the red one after)

[@imraniqbal74]

Thanks, Very helpful.

[@kevinbrain917]

Like the way you think my friend great video ... :)

[@imraniqbal74]

I am changing my rear discs and brakes this weekend. Do I need to put copper grease between pads and discs and between brake shoes and drums.

[@bunnybr]

Copper grease is only used on the metal to metal sliding contact surfaces. Never on the friction surfaces of the pads and disks, as this would reduce the braking efficiency. Watch the video. It shows where the grease goes. Hope this helps. If you are unsure, get a professional to do it for you.

[@paulhopkins2037]

Yep, just as the man says - my sensor gear wheel on the bearing was destroyed by a floating handbrake pin and spring. Also the disc was heavily scored on the handbrake drum. Not good French design !

[@paulhopkins2037]

Very helpful, thanks bunnybr

[@bunnybr]

Sorry I cant be sure. There are so many variations. Only way to find out is take the wheel off and look.

[@SzwarcuKX5]

I Love the accent :)) Great video!

[@hayabusabg85]

Is it scotish?

[@SzwarcuKX5]

Svetoslav Todorov Yes :)! And it's brilliant!

[@baileysbootstraps8170]

I wish you lived next door !!!!

[@hayabusabg85]

thanks!

[@paulbray4626]

Truscotts have NEVER been Ford agents !! they were originally Rootes group ie Hillman , Humber , Singer, , then went to Chrysler which turned to Talbot which were taken over by Peugeot !!!, I have worked there for 30 years and never seen half of the mechanics walk out !!

[@fetchitnowuk]

They should be or if not they will be virtually the same in their operation.

[@claramattinson6125]

me and my mum are on first name terms with the mechanic thanks to peugeot,they should stick to cooking ,there cars are awfull