Evora EPB shoe change - difficult?

[DrRick]

So, in the spirit of giving it a go, I’m thinking I have a defective / failing parking brake shoe in the nearside (rear). Or at least there’s something making a click-clack noise going on/off throttle, and over some bumps. When the cars cold. After a. Bit of a run, it doesn’t happen too much. Over cobbles it’s pretty painful to listen to.

Had the car checked over by Craig Moncrieff here in Edinburgh and he found nothing visible. Even UV checked the wishbones for cracks, and nothing. He didn’t have any brake shoes in stock as if they fell apart while inspecting I’d be stuck. He thought either brake shoe delaminating, or ‘d bush’, but was confident nothing was going to fall off.

So, anyone changed brake shoes? I can’t find a weblink / YouTube or anything to do the step by step, and I’ve never done them before. I’ve changed brake discs on my old Audi S4, and my Lexus ISF, but not the Lotus. Parts are £20, from Peugeot of all places.

[Bruss]

Easy enough. Remove wheel, back off the adjustment fully, remove hub.  Then swap shoes and re assemble and adjust.

 

[Craig Red Evora]

The worst part is getting the springs back on as they are very powerful.

Make sure you put the adjuster back in the correct way round as it will come out with the pads.