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#72175 01/23/2007 3:35 AM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 21 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 21 | Can someone offer advice on the best way to adjust manual drum brakes (for my 62 K20)?
I replaced most of the brake system this weekend to include master cylinder, wheel cylinders, front drum, had the rears turned, and new shoes all around.
After getting everything back together, bleeding it out and fiddling with the adjusters, it's much better, but still not quite right. It pulls a bit and I seem to be going around in circles making adjustments.
What's the trick?
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#72176 01/23/2007 4:04 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 118 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 118 | On mine I had wheel on, in the air tightened till brakes dragged heavy , to nearly impossible to turn by hand and then back off 7 clicks. | | |
#72177 01/23/2007 5:02 AM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 21 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 21 | Thanks, Ken. Is there any order (front to rear, left to right) to the madness?
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#72178 01/23/2007 6:19 AM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | I like the tighten-them-up first part but I would back them off until the wheels turn freely, you still may hear a little scraping sound, that's o.k. The only sequence involved is when you bleed the brakes. Start with the wheel farthest from the master cylinder first, then the next farthest, etc. | | |
#72179 01/23/2007 8:57 PM | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 | Toe in and other front end alignment issues will make a steering pull.
"It ain't a truck if you can't hose out the cab."
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