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Adjusting Drums

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:15 pm
by Curtp07
What's the easiest way to remember which way to adjust the stars on the drums?

Always forget,

Thanks!

Re: Adjusting Drums

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:36 pm
by whc03grady
"Up yours, unless you're right." Isn't that how it goes?

edit: Ah, yes. Here.

Re: Adjusting Drums

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:02 pm
by asiab3
Treat it like a bolt, and screw it into the center block.

I can't remember the other one :)
Robbie

Re: Adjusting Drums

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:41 pm
by Amskeptic
asiab3 wrote:
Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:02 pm
Treat it like a bolt, and screw it into the center block.

I can't remember the other one :)
Robbie

The shoe/yoke is the immovable bolt. You simply spin the nut counterclockwise (as it faces the bolt) to push the shoe out.

Experiment with a spare nut bolt until you have an intuitive grasp. Just remember that the bolt can't rotate and the nut's location is determined by the anchor.
Colin

Re: Adjusting Drums

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:05 am
by bradleygt
facing the brakes/drum from the outside of the left or right side of the wheel, it's righty tighty, lefty loosey using the top of the adjuster as the starting point- sort of hard to explain a simple concept without diagrams....