Hi everyone, I’m a Cruiser newbie so just starting the learning process. I’ve got a manual and I’m following it, anyway.. My handbrake was not holding the vehicle, bought new shoes but then after dismantling I realized the old ones were fine, cleaned it all up in the correct way. I adjusted the star screw from behind, I had to bend a screwdriver a few times to get in there. Even with the vehicle jacked up and on axle stands, with the wheel off, I’m finding it a total nightmare to see that star screw, the plug hole is at the top of the backplate which makes it extremely difficult to see
whats going on , especially when I have to hold two screwdrivers. I thought I had done it correctly but after a test drive realised they were dragging a lot. Is there a knack to adjusting that screw from the back, obviously an oem brake tool would be helpful. Does one screwdriver lift the bar whilst the other turn the screw? Can someone please confirm the direction I need to turn to tighten (I thought it was turning the screw away from the axle when looking at the inside of the wheel ie backplate) is that correct? Does this operation have to be done from behind? I’ve tried doing it with the hub off but then can’t get the hub back on as the shoes are too tight. Also does the 70 series have self adjusting brakes and if so what does this actually mean? The reason I started this task is that my handbrake wasn’t holding but the back brakes were working fine before, I first tried adjustment on the hand brake lever inside but no amount of tightening affected the handbrake and I read in the manual that the brake shoe clearance had to be adjusted first. Any help would be appreciated or any decent links to this particular vehicle. Thanks a lit
whats going on , especially when I have to hold two screwdrivers. I thought I had done it correctly but after a test drive realised they were dragging a lot. Is there a knack to adjusting that screw from the back, obviously an oem brake tool would be helpful. Does one screwdriver lift the bar whilst the other turn the screw? Can someone please confirm the direction I need to turn to tighten (I thought it was turning the screw away from the axle when looking at the inside of the wheel ie backplate) is that correct? Does this operation have to be done from behind? I’ve tried doing it with the hub off but then can’t get the hub back on as the shoes are too tight. Also does the 70 series have self adjusting brakes and if so what does this actually mean? The reason I started this task is that my handbrake wasn’t holding but the back brakes were working fine before, I first tried adjustment on the hand brake lever inside but no amount of tightening affected the handbrake and I read in the manual that the brake shoe clearance had to be adjusted first. Any help would be appreciated or any decent links to this particular vehicle. Thanks a lit