How To Replace Parking Brake Shoes On 2012 Subaru Forester

My 2012 Forester had a failure of one of the parking brake shoes, where the pad material fell off the shoe inside the rotor.
So in this video I show how to replace the shoes and necessary hardware.

Here is a link if you want to see how to remove/replace the caliper.

00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Rotor Removal
01:30 - Failed Shoe
02:58 - Getting Started
03:25 - Springs and Pin Removal
04:58 - Shoe Removal
05:32 - Prepping for New Parts
08:28 - Connecting Parking Brake Cable Bracket
09:52 - Installing New Shoes and Pins
11:44 - Installing Brackets and New Springs
13:16 - Installing Adjuster and Spring
14:09 - Installing Rotor and Final Adjustment
15:21 - Outro

[muskman]

Nah man you nailed this Extremely detailed and very in depth for the DIY person or even someone trying to refer to this further on help thanks a lot

[jarredlevesque]

After my shoes fell apart on a brake job with my 08 STI, I needed a reference for getting everything back together. Seems like the exact same job I did with my 01 Forester back in the day, but it's good to have a video handy. This worked like a charm. Cheers!

[dewanehill]

Great demonstration!! I consider myself a pretty good home mechanic and this job is the one I avoid the most. Appreciate the way you highlight some of the trouble areas and things that are potential pitfalls. When adjusting the tension, it seems the two rear wheels would have to be done together since the other one might be creating the drag.

[ericcrews]

Best video on this that I've seen. I blew mine up while replacing the wheel hub (forgot to release the parking brake first) now I gotta put the ebrake back together. I failed once today, but I'm thinking with what you show here I will give it another try. Thanks brother.

[Amunribeye]

Third video on this. Your’s was the best. 🏆Thank you🏆!

[justinl.]

Thank you sir! I appreciate the video. Definitely came away with some good ideas.

[JonathanVaucher]

Thank you ! Super usefull video, excellent step by step tutorial !

[MRGBZ]

Greta video! Quick question. My kit with springs has 2 yellow and 2 blue. The blue ones are about 1/4 shorter than the yellow. Should I use the yellow on the main shoe (rear shoe on passenger rear) and the blue one on the front shoe?

[RenConstas]

Thanks so much for this video, it's really helpful. Do you have a part number or link for the kit with the springs and other parts?

[ianyates]

Nice vid.
Why did Subaru decide on this over engineered setup rather than a simple handbrake on the brake caliper?

[snowboardinop]

i’m going insane trying to reset the spring on the pin the pin just keeps twisting whenever i compress the spring enough i’m losing my mind

[chrisdugan]

Bro mines sticking how do I adjust it lol