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The front retaining spring goes on next. With everything installed,
it should look like this.
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There’s one more strong spring to hook up, and it goes from the
primary shoe to the self-adjusting lever. The lever attaches in three
places: the secondary shoe, the adjusting cable, and the adjusting
spring, anchored in the primary shoe. Tim uses vise grips and
some manual dexterity to hook it up. The adjuster is removed in
this shot for a better view.
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Moving to the bottom, the self-adjuster is installed between the
shoes. Make sure to give it some white grease and that it operates
smoothly before installing.
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To get your basic adjustment, start with the adjuster all the way
in; then adjust it to where the drum slides on with minimal drag.
The mechanism will take it from there. It ratchets the adjuster out
a click at a time to keep the brakes correctly adjusted.
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