Don't count on that working..they have to be close to being properly
adjusted for the self-adjusters to work. Do it manually then you will know.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of David Gersic
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:05 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: More questions on brakes
On Saturday 09 September 2006 03:30 pm, Rick Barnes wrote:
> Have you had a look at your rear brakes?
New shoes installed, and the mechanisms seem to work fine. The
self-adjusters
should have taken up any slack. I did the recommended
drive-forward-and-backward procedure to tighten them up. But that'll have to
be done again after I have the drums turned or replaced.
> I felt the same way when I first
> got my 98, but then did an adjustment on my rear brakes and it really made
> a huge difference to the stopping power.
What'd you adjust?
I've always hated those little star-wheel self adjusters on drum brakes, but
given that they're working there shouldn't be much you can adjust on them.
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