Posted by Willy-N on Saturday, October 02, 2004 at 5:42PM :
In Reply to: Whats the Deal on the These Brakes!!! posted by Willy-N on Saturday, October 02, 2004 at 5:13PM :
I will try this way to do them and see.
Brake Shoe Heel/Toe Adjustment:
After the brake and hub assemblies have been reassembled and the hub bearings have been adjusted properly, follow these procedures, unless
you have the proper tool to adjust the shoes:
1. Face the back of the brake plate and turn the Anchor bolts until the bolt’s arrow or center punch marks, point toward each other. To
adjust the heel of the shoe, turn the right hand Anchor bolt counter-clockwise and the left Anchor bolt clockwise. In doing so, the heel
of the shoe will move downward and outward toward the drum.
2. Looking through the drum inspection hole, place a .010 feeler gauge between the shoe and the drum shoe surface and adjust heel to .010.
3. To adjust the toe of the shoe, move the inspection hole up to the shoe’s toe. Looking through the drum inspection hole, place a .010
feeler gauge between the shoe and the drum shoe surface and adjust toe to .010.
4. Recheck the clearance of both adjustments and modify as needed.
To adjust the brake shoes, the following steps should be taken with the wheel off the ground:
1. On the brake plate there are two ¾ inch nuts upper area, one on each side. Turn the front (front side of axle) brake shoe cam adjusting
nut out (counter clockwise when facing wheel (driver side), or clockwise when facing brake plate) until wheel is locked, then back off
until the wheel will spin;
2. Turn the cam for the rear shoe out (clockwise when facing wheel or counter clockwise when facing brake plate) until wheel is locked, then
back off until wheel will spin;
3. Reverse for passenger side;
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