Abstract: A vehicle drum-in-hat disc brake assembly comprises a drum-in-hat adapter adapted to be secured to a fixed component of a vehicle; a backing plate adapted to be secured to the drum-in-hat adapter and to support a pair of brake shoes therein; a parking and emergency brake actuation mechanism adapted to move the brake shoes apart from another between a braking position and non-braking position, the parking and emergency brake actuation mechanism including a brake actuation lever adapted to be pivotally supported on one of the pair of brake shoes; wherein the backing plate includes at least one raised pad and the brake actuation lever includes an abutment surface provided thereon which is disposed adjacent and in sliding support with the raised pad whereby at least a portion of the abutment surface of the brake actuation lever rests against and is supported by at least a portion of the raised pad when the brake actuation lever of the parking and emergency brake actuation mechanism is in both the braking and non-

Abstract: This invention relates to a brake shoe mounting system for a vehicle brake assembly. The vehicle brake assembly brake shoe mounting system includes a brake mounting member and a pair of brake shoes slidably supported relative to the brake mounting member. The brake member is adapted to be secured to a fixed, non-rotatable component of the vehicle and includes an abutment having a pair of opposed slots formed therein. Each brake shoe includes a first end, an opposite second end, a web portion, a rim portion secured to an outer surface of the web portion, a friction pad secured to an outer surface of the rim portion, and only two shoe slides provided on at least one side of the rim portion. One of the two shoe slides is provided near the first end of the brake shoe and the other of the two shoe slides is provided generally intermediate the first and second ends of the brake shoe. In accordance with this invention, the second end of the brake shoe defines a shoe abutment end.