Parking Brake adjustment (the hard way)
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Parking Brake adjustment (the hard way)
I had to replace a wheel seal on my 2005 F-250. So of course, that meant new parking brake shoes as they were completely saturated. I looked online and read the shop manual and couldn't find what seemed to me to be a satisfactory way to set the shoes. What I ended up doing was putting the caliper back on and then adjusting the star wheel with the axle still pulled out. Worked pretty good. I was able to tell when the hub/rotor started dragging. Put that side together and then pulled the tire on the other side and pulled the axle out slightly and did the same procedure. Couple of procedures I read were "tighten the adjuster all the way and back it off a couple clicks and Fords "tighten until slight drag is felt". Ford's method depends on moving a lot of gear train. Not real anxious to do it this way again but it seemed to work OK and didn't take too much extra time to pull the wheel and axle. Interested in how everybody else does this job.
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I would usually do the tighten and then back off method both wheels off
the ground and then hand spin to see how much drag there is.
There is a learned feel to hand adjusting brakes. When I was a kid I had
things that did not have the auto-ajusters on them so had to learn the by
hand method. You would find out that you did it right or wrong at the first stop.
Nothing like diving to one side or the other when stopping fast.
Also they do have a sizing tool to help setting the shoes to the correct spread.
They tend to be a lot of money. Have not seen one at Harbor Fright but
also have not looked for one in some time.
http://www.tooltopia.com/kd-tools-33...FUtNfgodAX0AYQ
the ground and then hand spin to see how much drag there is.
There is a learned feel to hand adjusting brakes. When I was a kid I had
things that did not have the auto-ajusters on them so had to learn the by
hand method. You would find out that you did it right or wrong at the first stop.
Nothing like diving to one side or the other when stopping fast.
Also they do have a sizing tool to help setting the shoes to the correct spread.
They tend to be a lot of money. Have not seen one at Harbor Fright but
also have not looked for one in some time.
http://www.tooltopia.com/kd-tools-33...FUtNfgodAX0AYQ
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