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Re: Give me a brake

To: Jeff Etheridge <maurell@bellsouth.net>,
Subject: Re: Give me a brake
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:09:48 -0800 (PST)
You may need to adjust them.  180 degrees off from the wheel cylinder
is the adjuster, which can be turned from the back with an open-end
1/4" wrench.  It turns a square bolt that adjusts the shoes closer or
further from the drum.

Give that a try and see if the drums will go back on.


--- Jeff Etheridge <maurell@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Just installed new shoes on my 1600, now i am having a hard time
> getting
> the drums back on! This is my first venture doing drum brakes...any
> tricks to doing it? I didn't turn the drums but did clean them with a
> wire brush and a pneumatic grinder, then buffed them with a pad...
> 
> Jeff
> 
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