Really need help!

[CheesePony]

Guys, I need some urgent help!

I got a 92' hilux. I was trying to remove the rear drums, so I turned the cog on the inside to let them off, and I adjusted them tight. Now I can't seem to unadjust them!?

How do I unadjust them?

Really need help since I need the car for work tomorrow!

Thanks guys

Riley.

[HEY CHARGER]

undo the adjuster the other way ,
did you try pulling the drum of ?
If so check that its on square maybe its just nipped up on the pads , get a piece of timber and give it a tap around and make sure the drum is all the way back and square .

[ozy1]

if im righ, doesnt that cog normally adjust them tighter only, and isnt it shped in a way so if you try yo loosen them, the screw driver will slip off?

[CheesePony]

yer thats exactly right

so how the hell do i unadjust it?

[runnin4life]

is it connected to a cable if so why not try at the other end of the cable

[CheesePony]

I should of clarrified, I cant pull the drum off because the brakes are flush against them so I cant unadjust to take them off.

Its really giving me the shits now.

How the hell do I unadjust it through the hole in the backing plate?

[Daisy]

if i remember doin mine... (60 series drum brake rear - think they're the same)

there is a tiny hole at the end of it which you put a screwdriver in it..

to turn the cog..

Now... BEHIND THE COG is a lever which stops the cog from loosening..

so you need to push ONE screwdriver to push the lever away from the cog..

then use the SECOND screwdriver to rotate the cog whichever way to loosen the cog (im guessin anticlockwise)

Hope that helped.

TOM

[I'll Try]

GQ's right you have the lock plate which sits on the adjuster, do what he said. if that fails, cut the drum off, just be careful not to cut the wheel cylinder!!

[Cossie]

GQ's right you have the lock plate which sits on the adjuster, do what he said. if that fails, cut the drum off, just be careful not to cut the wheel cylinder!!

are you kidding me? a wheel cylinder costs like 1/100th what a drum costs!!

you need to somehow lift the latch that stops the ratchet from winding the brakes off (although usually with a bit of patience you can just force the toothed wheel back against the latch)]

If all else fails just beat/prise the drum off, at worst you'll damage the pins or springs that hold the shoes in place.

[CheesePony]

Hey i fingered it out!

Turns out theres a little lever you gotta push.. I spent like an hour trying to find a ShortyIQ latch

I was suprised..

So yeah

Learn something new every day

[munecito]

Take the purge thingy off and let the lines release the presure, then beat the drum with a hammer, the cylinder should depress with no brake fluid in it and you will be able to remove the drum.

Then you will have to bleed the brakes and readjust.

Will