When installing new rear brake shoes, is there a procedure for final adjustment of the screw adjuster - just enough to get the drum on? Also, with new shoes, the parking brake was very, very slack-had to adjust the console locknut to the maximum to get 8 clicks. I would have expected the opposite, that it would be too tight, since the new shoes are thicker. Is this correct? Thanks.
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Usually you adjust the star wheel on the automatic adjuster to keep the shoe a proper distance from the drum, not the cable lock nut.
The Star wheel is backed off 8 clicks from the position where the shoes are in contact with the drum. Unless the cable streched, which is very rare, I never had to touch the cable lock nut on any car. The 8 clicks sounds like is for the star adjuster. The emergency handle, at least on later models, are usually spec'ed to hold with a range of about 5-9 clicks.
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