Checking on my vin 740 shows the same apparently un-used black wire…… Looks clean as a whistle inside the protective sleeve….

Like the above mentioned previous picture Was folded for extended time …..

3 hours ago, motorman7 said:

Brake spring installation Rev 2.0.

Much better. One follow up question though... Are there metal washers between the hold down springs and the shoes? I can't tell for sure from the pics, but I just want to make sure the springs are not riding directly on the shoes.

Here's mine. A little embarrassing to post after your clean and shiny stuff, but it's what I got. They'll work fine, but aren't as pretty.

You can see the washers under the springs:

Brake shoe hold down retainer spring pics

Edited June 3Jun 3 by motorman7

12 hours ago, motorman7 said:

Brake shoe hold down retainer spring pics

Perfect. I just couldn't see the bottom washers in the other pics. Looks great.

It's always a mistake to paint/powder coat those rear stub axle brake drum flanges, Nissan didn't.