Hi, I have started to delve into my bearing noise on my 91 Westy. I got the Bentley out and it says to loosen off the brakes by moving the star adjuster through the hole in the backing plate. Which direction should I move the darn thing? I haven't had one of these since my 1972 Dodge Dart! lol I managed to get a short screw driver in the hole and feel it engage with the notches of the adjuster, but it seems pretty stiff... How hard might it be expected to move? The Bentley says to take the hub and the drum off together and shows a nice fancy puller to accomplish that. Are there any other garage mechanic tricks to get the drum off? It feels like it would come off without the hub coming off (I'm not sure how hard it is to pull the hub off the splines). Oh yeah, I twisted the steel rod in 1/2 when I tried to loosen off the parking brake adjuster to put slack in the cable. Now there's lots of slack :) Thanks, Steve Williams |
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