Replacing escort MKVI Brake shoes

the cage keeps the washer with the bearing, do not remove it, preferably replace the nut if you remove it.

ordinary grease is fine

either method of removal is acceptable but the 4 bolt way is less work (usually) and is the garage way.

mrcheerful

The same thing happened to me when I tried to remove the bolts. Ended up in a trip to the scrappy (on a Sunday morning) to acquire a new stub-axle.

If you remove the hub nut, it should be replaced with a new one (£5-£10 ea IIRC) and not re-used. Yep, it's one helluva torque. A long bar should release it OK. When it came to re-fitting, my torque wrench didn't go as high as the specified torque, so I tightened it to the max. setting on my wrench and guessed the rest. The wheel's not fallen off yet ;-) If the wheel bearings are anything near to needing replaced you might as well do them at the same time.

Iain

You must be a bit unlucky, as I have removed probably a few hundred and never had one snap, mind you, I usually use an air impact wrench with a flexysocket to undo them, so I know I am turning them the right way !! :)

mrcheerful