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On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 16:05, nathan howell wrote: > > From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] > > You may still need to check the angle of the notches in > > the adjusters. This is important, so don't put it off. > > Not sure what you mean here, I thought I was all done. The adjusters are > the star nuts at the bottom, right? I don't know of an angle to check, > you just put the shoe in the slot (plus everything else of course) and > then adjust till it drags (more than a little) then back it off, right? > Am I thinking of the wrong thing? I checked the whole assembly to the > other side and they are identical. > That slot at the bottom part with the adjuster has an angle in it. It matches the angle on that end of the brake shoe. If the adjuster got turned 180 degrees while the shoe was off, this will make the brake act funny. It is hard to see. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org