Im having some trouble setting up one of my rear rotors, basically the handbrake shoe is rubbing on the inside of the drum rotor and im wondering how it should be setup?

i replaced my rear right rotor and pads with relative ease except for the rotor being a little hard to get of the hub, i previously released the handbrake and when i got around to doing the rear left hand rotor it was extreamly difficult to get the rotor off as it felt like the handbrake shoe was pushing on the internal side of the rotor even with the handbrake down,eventually i got it off and replaced with a new rotor,but my problem now it that its rubbing and making an awfull sound when i drive.

the handbrake shoe appears as if its floating and only held in place by slots either side of the adjuster mechanism, is it a simple case of roughly centring the shoe on the hub and tightening the adjuster screw so it holds it in place? the shoe seems very flimsy and am wondering if its missing parts which hold it in place, ive removed and inspected it 3 times now and i cant seem to fix it. can anyone give me some tips or guidence on the matter?

Sounds like you need to back the adjuster off until you can freely spin the rotor.

Cheers Luke

Sedan or wagon? They appear to be different.

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/rons105/brakeshoes.jpg

If someone has adjusted the handbrake cable by simply tightening the adjustment inside the car, the levers at the brake shoes probably aren't releasing fully. Back off the internal adjustment, then adjust at the brake shoes. Then you can adjust the internal cable. There should be no tension on the cable at the operating levers when the handbrake is off.

Check too that the levers move freely, might need a light lube.

The wagon design is a full circle that only rests at the adjuster. You tighten the adjuster until the shoe drags and locks the wheel (this centres the shoe) then back it off about 3 clicks or until it is free to move.

Pretty sure he has a sedan, and by the description he gave of the set up I'd say sedan too.

Backed off the handbrake, where exactly

Under the console is only for cable slack, you need to back off the adjusters in the hubs or they will damage the shoe when you force them off

Pretty sure he has a sedan, and by the description he gave of the set up I'd say sedan too.

He uses the term "shoe", not "shoes". Hence I suspect he is looking at the wagon. lol

It's a good idea to disconnect the handbrake cable from the lever at the rear altogether when adjusting the shoe/shoes themselves, but I'm only going by the second gen setup.

He uses the term "shoe", not "shoes". Hence I suspect he is looking at the wagon. lol

Max, please ......... (slams own head into brick wall as is less painful)

The sedan has a one peice shoe except the AWD and yes he has a sedan, there are pics of his car all over the forums

Hope you didn't damage that brick wall. lol

Picture shows sedan has 2 shoes, wagon has the one piece. Have I stuffed up (again)? lol Or is the manual in error?

Hope you didn't damage that brick wall. lol

Picture shows sedan has 2 shoes, wagon has the one piece. Have I stuffed up (again)? lol Or is the manual in error?

Which Manual

The Mitsubishi one shows the Wagon and Sedan, they both have 1 part shoe, the wagon one is inverted where as the sedan is other way around, the only one with 2 peice shoe is the AWD

Yep, its clear now. The inversion bit caught me out, looks like its a double shoe setup in the picture, but it's not. Mea culpa. (Goes off to bash his head against a wall too)

Sorry, yes I should have been more specific. You will need to back off the adjuster at the hub.

Cheers Luke

Thanks for your input guys, but it appears that i have purchased new rear rotors for nothing it ended up be the dust shield that was bent/warped and not the rotor ,after trial and error of fitment numorous times i ended up hitting the dust shield with a hammer and bingo the scraping was gone, god knows how on earth it got bent but is fixed for the most part, all that is left now is the adjustment of the hand brake shoe.

is it a simple case of adjusting the handbrake screw untill it's just touching the internal side of the rotor and should i be good to go? or is further adjustment needed in the centre console?