I tried to adjust the adjusting screw to retract the shoes but it stops and after a while and I still can't get off the drum. Any sugestions would be great!!
Try these:
1. Most of the current shoe/drum systems on the rears have self-adjusters that are designed to advance the adjuster wheel when you back up briskly and slam on the brakes. You may need to push the flat metal self-adjuster tab out of the way of the starred adjust wheel. If you don't you can be only pushing on it so far and then it's just going to spring back.
Take a flashlight and look closely in the adjuster hole, see if you can find the metal tab. It will be on the far side away from the adjuster hole.
Push the tab farther away from the star wheel and then stick the adjuster tool in on the star wheel and give it another try.
2.You may be tightening the shoes into the drum instead of loosening them. Try turning the adjuster in the other direction.
3. Get some spray lube/ with a small tube to attach to the spray head.
Stick the spray tube in the adjuster hole and spray as much as you can of the adjuster.
Hope this gets the drums off for you...please let me know how it goes.
REMOVAL & INSTALLATION
It is a good idea to only disassemble and assemble one side at a time, leaving the other side intact as a reference.
ADJUSTMENTS
The drum brakes are self-adjusting and require a manual adjustment only after the brake shoes have been replaced, or when the length of the adjusting screw has been changed while performing some other service operation.
Drum Installed
Fig. Fig. 2: When using a brake adjustment gauge, first measure the inside diameter of the drum (top) and then adjust the brakes shoes to the proper outside diameter (bottom)
Fig. Fig. 3: Measure brake shoe thickness in several places around the shoe
Inspect the brake shoes for wear using a ruler or Vernier caliper. Compare measurements to the brake specifications chart. If the lining is thinner than specification or there is evidence of the lining being contaminated by brake fluid or oil, replace all brake pad assemblies (a complete axle set).
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