Rear Brakes [message #74452] |
Sat, 20 February 2010 10:20 |
rscortezzo
Messages: 49 Registered: January 2007 Location: Green Valley Arizona/ Flo...
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Thanks to all of you who responded to my question on proper
torque of my wheels.
I was trying to adjust my rear brakes, I got 2 or 3 clicks
before the brake locked up. I tried to loosen the adjuster
but it wouldn't budge. This happened on both right rear wheels.
How do I get the drums off with it locked.
Rich Cortezzo
Green Valley AZ
1978 Eleganza II
F389018
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Re: Rear Brakes [message #74464 is a reply to message #74452] |
Sat, 20 February 2010 12:30 |
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Matt Colie
Messages: 8547 Registered: March 2007 Location: S.E. Michigan
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rscortezzo wrote on Sat, 20 February 2010 11:20 | Thanks to all of you who responded to my question on proper
torque of my wheels.
I was trying to adjust my rear brakes, I got 2 or 3 clicks
before the brake locked up. I tried to loosen the adjuster
but it wouldn't budge. This happened on both right rear wheels.
How do I get the drums off with it locked.
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Oh Richard,
This is not all that tough, but it may take several tries to learn.
You need a long very skinny screwdriver. Use it to push the finger of the the adjuster off the starwheel. The starwheel can then be backed off as easily as it was tightened.
Typically, if you target the adjusting finger/pawl/lever just behind the starwheel, that works. It really is harder to explain than it is to do.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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