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1968 Breaks 101

Mosesatm

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Here's a question for all you mechanically inclined folks.

What happens when a properly working right side break adjuster is installed on the left side?




That's right; it eventually falls off!!!
 

J.Bart

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hopefully in the garage before you go down the road?????
no serious incident i hope????
 
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Mosesatm

Mosesatm

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Nope, no catastophe.

Kept hearing a sound like a loose hub cap, but I don't have hub caps, so I put the car up on stands and spun each wheel until I found the culprit. Took off the drum and there it was, laying in the drum. Put it back on and started adjusting it outward but I had to turn it against the ratchet to expand it???!!! That ain't right! Luckily I had a spare left side adjuster.

Another good reason to inspect them every year.
 

J.Bart

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i pulled a drum on my pickup one time and found the socket i was missing for awhile.
 

Ruppstang

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Nope, no catastophe.

Kept hearing a sound like a loose hub cap, but I don't have hub caps, so I put the car up on stands and spun each wheel until I found the culprit. Took off the drum and there it was, laying in the drum. Put it back on and started adjusting it outward but I had to turn it against the ratchet to expand it???!!! That ain't right! Luckily I had a spare left side adjuster.

Another good reason to inspect them every year.

I trust you pulled the rest of them and checked them?
 
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