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Changing rear brake shoes - not working?

Doooford · 2009-12-30 14:25:32

Let's say that theoretically, I changed the brake shoes on my car, but maybe didn't appreciate how important it was to adjust them to the correct setting before replacing the drums. Now I know that the self adjusting thingamee jigs self adjust under certain circumstances. But would there be a way to force them to set the…

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mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite

4 March 2010 at 7:13PM

You were unlucky.
There's no hole in the 106, you have to force the adjuster back in through one of the wheel bolt holes to get the drum off, (with a lump hammer, eventually)
I couldn't get the drums back on unless the shoes were right back on mine.

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