One thing that helps with the brake adjustment is to use a 6 point socket
or wrench rather than a 12 point socket or wrench. The flat sides
help compensate for the worn adjusters.
Bill Huff
At 9/13/200808:07 PM, Garrett wrote:
Thanks to everyone for their
replies so far...the spring is sitting on the floor of my garage right
now...next to some used motor oil and a random bag of trash. I
don't plan on getting rid of the spring, but figured I'd let it sit there
for a while to think about what its done. I tried a myriad of
different techniques to get it back on including the screwdrivers,
rolling it on, etc... to no avail. I was looking for a giant cone
of some sort, as if I had something like that, it would've been a snap to
get the spring on.
I'm fairly certain the next time my car moves will be to park it in front
of the garage to put disc brakes on the front. Maybe its my lack of
"old school," but I really never care to mess with drum brakes
unless I absolutely have to. The only thing on this car that ever
really has caused me issues would be the brake system, whether its not
working properly or simply not working at all...so hopefully the discs
will help eliminate that problem.
Ironically, I believe I actually used a 7/16" socket to adjust the
one cam that WOULD move...but after a little playing around realized a
metric socket (can't remember the exact size, maybe 9mm or so) actually
fit much better since it was so worn down....so go figure.
Once again thanks for the comments...feel free to keep them
coming.
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