Now it's time to start reassembling the brakes. The first thing that needs to be done is to press the pins into the trailing shoes (the shoes closest to the back of the Jeep). If you look at the shoes you just took off, you'll see the pin and how it's supposed to be oriented.

Your new shoes should have come with 2 new pins. They're a tight fit, so you'll have to press them in. I used a C-clamp and a small nut to press the pin into the shoe.

Once you have the pins pressed in (one pin for each trailing shoe), reinstall the adjuster lever and lever spring as shown.

On the support/backing plate you should see where the shoes rub against it. Make sure this area is clean and put some antiseize or Lubriplate on it. Apply some to the anchor pin as well where the shoes come in contact with it. If you look back to the past photo on the first page, you can see where I've applied antiseize compount to the backing plate.

Hook the parking brake cable lever to the new trailing shoe.

Now hold the trailing shoe in place and replace the holddown pin and holddown retainer spring. Put the adjuster cable back on the anchor pin, then using the spring removal tool or some lock pliers, replace the trailing shoe return spring.

Put some lube or grease on the cable guide or the cable itself and reconnect the cable to the adjuster lever.

Here you can see the parking brake cable lever sitting behind the new trailing shoe, the lever is the rusty-looking thing behind the springs.

Put the parking brake strut and spring back in and replace the leading shoe and its holddown pin and retainer spring.

Using the brake spring removal tool or lock pliers, replace the leading shoe's return spring. Make sure the parking brake strut is positioned correctly.

You're almost done. The assembly should be looking almost just like it did before you started taking it apart, only cleaner and with thicker drum shoes.

Now just replace the shoe spring and adjustment starwheel. You'll need to adjust the starwheel all the way in to get the shoes to close enough to get the drums back on. Give the assembly a quick spray with brake cleaner to get off any dirt you may have loosened while installing the new shoes.

Now put the drums back on, they should just barely slide back on. Oh, make sure the drums are clean before you put them back on.