GS rear shoes

[Chris078]

Need to replace my rear shoes and cylinders.

Cylinders are not a problem to find,
but I wanted to double check my part numbers for the
shoes since the manual lists the shoe and the pad seperately.

I've found
STC 2797
or
STC 2798.
Pretty sure 97 is correct. 98 is listed as "heavy duty" but I think it's for 1992 onwards.
Can anyone help?

Also would like new springs for the drums as well, but the old part numbers R548169 and R531893 don't seem to find anything.

cheers

[Dervish]

I've been through this recently. I believe no matter which part number you order you'll end up with the same parts. There would've been a difference back in the day, but the "heavy duty" parts are - I assume - no longer made. Either that or the HD ones are the only ones made. Make sure you get the leading and trailing shoes in the right way around!

The spring part numbers don't have the R prefix, just the 6 digit number. I wouldn't bother replacing them unless you have a reason to.

[Blknight.aus]

the current stock shoes for the rear of the perentie/county is the same pattern as the HD item.

check you snails while you have the shoes off and do you know how to tell the difference between the leading and trailing shoe?

[Chris078]

I've been through this recently. I believe no matter which part number you order you'll end up with the same parts. There would've been a difference back in the day, but the "heavy duty" parts are - I assume - no longer made. Either that or the HD ones are the only ones made. Make sure you get the leading and trailing shoes in the right way around!

The spring part numbers don't have the R prefix, just the 6 digit number. I wouldn't bother replacing them unless you have a reason to.


They are listed as different parts with a huge difference in price.
the normal ones being around $50-60 and the "heavy duty" being around $300.

Also found a lot of suppliers seem to have a slightly higher price for the right rear brake cylinder compared to the left (with the same manufacturer for the part). would there be any logical reason why that side would be more expensive than the other?

replacing all this stuff because even though the shoes and cylinders are less than 2 years and 10k old, it does not brake properly, the rear right leading shoe is 75% worn and the cylinders appears to be home brand jobs.
I thought it couldn't hurt to throw in some new springs since they are $2 ea.
will probably replace the drums while it's all apart as well.

I won't be doing the work, just trying to locate the correct/best quality part. Parts suppliers charge a huge amount to supply to mechanics.

[Trigger82]

Not knowing the braking setup on these vehicles.
Does the main brake fluid line run to only one cylinder in which the cylinder itself then has an outlet/ second fitting for a pipe to run to the other side?

seen that setup before while previously working at repco which caused a price difference due to that one cylinder having two threaded fittings and the other side one.

[Dervish]

They are listed as different parts with a huge difference in price.
the normal ones being around $50-60 and the "heavy duty" being around $300.


I used aftermarket shoes that matched the set on the vehicle - which were fitted by the army - exactly. They were around $50 retail I believe.


Not knowing the braking setup on these vehicles.
Does the main brake fluid line run to only one cylinder in which the cylinder itself then has an outlet/ second fitting for a pipe to run to the other side?

No, the main line runs into a T on the diff housing and a single line to each side. I'm not sure the wheel cylinders are actually different at all, there are two ports; one is the input and one is the bleed nipple. The only difference between LH and RH is that the input and bleed nipple switch sides. They could be different threads though.