Alright so i searched and found out that this is going to be a pita...Riceburner, YZFR1, and I have a 4th gen LX rear drum torn apart and cant for the life of us get it back together. Has anyone tackled this project before?

Edit: Rear disc conversion will happen soon.....

 

are you talking about the shoes and springs setup? I am pretty sure the chiltons gives a pretty decent write up too . If this isn't it please elaborate.

 

if you are talking about reassembling the shoes and drum then here goes. first you will have to mount the c-clip on the shoe, there will be a peg, this connects to the bar for the handbrake. then connect the large spring as shown in hte picture on both shoes, i used a big pair of locking pliers with a buddy pushing the shoe in the opposite direction to keep the rubber on the wheel cylinder from popping off.then when the shoe is aligned in the wheel cylinder and the spring is aligned, use a smaller pair of pliers for the other two springs and now the shoe assembly will move a little bit but not much, before connecting the vertical spring u have to connect the adjuster bolt thing, and adjust the adjuster bolt to where the drum fits snug on the shoes. then reapply the clips and pins with the special tool and you are set. i may have forgotten a step or two in there, but this should give u the general idea

 

just be sure that u have the drum on the shoes before u test out the brakes or try bleeding them, the darn wheel cylinder gasket will pop off.

 

Ya it was the spring that was giving us the problem. We have it together now. It just takes patience. Thanks!

 

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Thanks bro we got it..