How on earth do you get the springs off the rear brake shoes? Is there some trick to it? We've pulled, we've twisted, we've tried everything short of taking the hub off! Any ideas?

Removal

Grab an end with molegrips / stilsons, pop the other side off using a screwdriver as leverage!

Reinstallation

Push the shoes home into their bottom supports (best using 2 screwdrivers), grab the unconnected end of spring with molegrips or stilsons and pull like youve never done before

arseofbox said:

Push the shoes home into their bottom supports (best using 2 screwdrivers), grab the unconnected end of spring with molegrips or stilsons and pull like youve never done before

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Or push them in with a small tool made out of a flat screwdriver. See my post here:

https://www.fiatforum.com/cinq-sei-technical/58679-new-brakes.html

It is much easier to push it in, but you have to make the tool first (and waste a perfectly good screwdriver )

Cheers,

Woj