Precisely. A well-designed and very effective tool. Most of the brake tools I've encountered, even the cheapest ones, will get the job done. The better quality ones will just do it for a longer period of time.
Doing rear drum brakes? A must read!
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Precisely. A well-designed and very effective tool. Most of the brake tools I've encountered, even the cheapest ones, will get the job done. The better quality ones will just do it for a longer period of time.
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I have been fighting the slack in my adjuster for a bit. I have come to realize that it will help keep the cable guide fully seated if you hook the big white spring of the rearward (secondary) shoe to the anchor post first. Most inboard of the two big springs. Then hook the big white spring for the front (primary) shoe on the anchor post. The secondary shoe spring now lays more flat and presses against the cable guide, keeping it in place.
Just like posts 34 and 51
Not like post 17
I have been fighting the slack in my adjuster for a bit. I have come to realize that it will help keep the cable guide fully seated if you hook the big white spring of the rearward (secondary) shoe to the anchor post first. Most inboard of the two big springs. Then hook the big white spring for the front (primary) shoe on the anchor post. The secondary shoe spring now lays more flat and presses against the cable guide, keeping it in place.
Just like posts 34 and 51
Not like post 17
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I found this a week or so ago, and I did my brakes over this past weekend. I wouldn't have been able to make it without this thread. Two really challenging parts. The worst was getting the old brake line into the new wheel cylinder. That took forever. Simply trial and error and keep repeating. The next hard part was the order of putting things on. This was like a higher level of angry birds I just couldn't get past. Yet, once we found the right order it worked so much better on the 2nd side. I found putting on the green cable spring last, and like the first photo, was the way to go. I had to problem with the lever hitting the adjusting wheel, as I learned from others here. I also did take a wheel grinder to shave off just a bit from the adjuster lever just in case.... I highly recommend the kit from Amazon for the new springs and such.
Carlson Quality Brake Parts H2309 Rear Drum Brake Hardware Kit
Yep - that was a bit of a PITA. What worked for me was leaving the cylinder's bolts loose so it could move around a bit. It was still a nuisance to get done, but it seemed to work better doing it that way. Stupid thing kept cross threading otherwise.
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