My friend and I was working on finding the noise in the 2002 Envoy. We was looking at the rear brakes. The backing plates are just about gone one side and basically gone on the other side. I found a good number posts talking about this as a common issue. The only issue is the parking brake. I could not find enough info on it. I was wondering if this backing plate is gone, will the parking brake still work or not. If not, is there like an aftermarket parking brake that will work. We even thought about cutting the backing plate in half and sliding them in, but not sure if the bolts can be removed easily without having issues. We don't feel like taking the rear end apart mainly. We park on hills at times here and still need it working.
Backing plate and parking brake
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Mooseman
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Although not on this truck, My Jimmy had no backing plates and the parking brake worked just fine. Only risk is a stone or something getting in there and jamming the works or damaging the drum.
Checked Dorman and they don't seem to have a two piece plate. You could try to cut them in half or about the same as the split type for other trucks.
Checked Dorman and they don't seem to have a two piece plate. You could try to cut them in half or about the same as the split type for other trucks.
I was worried because I read something that made it sound like the parking brake is held in with a clip that is on the backing plate.
Mooseman
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Which explains why they aren't available in two pieces. Still have to take #13 and the axle out either way.
littleblazer
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Most of it is gone on our 02 (I pulled it off a couple of months ago) and all still works well. The dust shield portion of it anyway that is.
Yea, that is what I was wondering. The passenger side just fell apart while working on them. The driver side is a little bit better, but just about ready to fall apart.
By the way, thanks for the brake down. It was just hard to figure out with the new backing plates photos. Plus, since they are rusted away on this 2002, it was hard to figure out, too.
By the way, thanks for the brake down. It was just hard to figure out with the new backing plates photos. Plus, since they are rusted away on this 2002, it was hard to figure out, too.