Drum brake adjustment

[cruiserb0b]

Can anyone point me to a good drum brake adjustment thread? There’s 2 brake cylinders/wheel and there must be a back-and-forth sequence to keep the shoes symmetric inside the drum. I must have an older manual that only discusses 1 cylinder.

Thanks

Bob

 

[charliemeyer007]

I think City Racer sells the toyota brake spoon - fits in nicely in the confined space. Screw the adjusters all the way in. Then screw the adjuster out one swing of the spoon, then do the other. Back to the first - one rinse/repeat. Back in the day you could count the clicks as it rotated, I can't hear that any more - it could be me or the adjusters.

When you start to feel drag on the moving drum - go step on the brake pedal really hard a few times to center the shoes. Finish your adjustment - put the rubber plugs back in.

Old adjusters had a sloped slot to help center the shoes - new ones are milled straight across. I put real red rubber grease on the adjuster threads and the boot ends.

I had to put permatex on the bleeder threads so I could use my mighty vac 1 man brake bleeder, because air kept sucking threw the threads. Two people method should work fine.

 

[brian]

Run them out till tight, back off three clicks...its that simple.

your manual would be newer, not older.

 

[MDH33]

If the wheel cylinders are new and you havent bled them yet, its helpful to adjust them both tight, then bleed, then adjust by backing off a few clicks until they barely drag. Bleeding when theyre tight works best to get all the air out as the cylinder doesnt have as much travel and pushes more out as you pump. If youre using a vac bleeder, doesnt matter as much. Good luck!