http://zenfixit.com Fixit Your Self! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:29:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://zenfixit.com/?p=285&cpage=1#comment-467 David LaFerney Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:29:39 +0000 http://zenfixit.com/?p=285#comment-467 Thanks that's a useful tip. It's probably really better than using a hammer and prybar. Thanks that’s a useful tip. It’s probably really better than using a hammer and prybar.

]]> http://zenfixit.com/?p=285&cpage=1#comment-466 Jeff Z Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:51:27 +0000 http://zenfixit.com/?p=285#comment-466 I was following your sequence and it worked great on the left side where the shoe was worn away and broken from a hanging emergency break and oblivious girlfriend. (Now maybe she understands why I don't always hear everything she says, it's sort of like not noticing the continuous noise coming from the rear drum brake.) I was having one heck of a time getting the right side drum off when my auto mechanic neighbor recommended that I remove the rubber plug behind the adjusting star wheel on the back side of the carrier plate, push away the pawl spring with a small screwdriver, and back off the adjuster rod with another small screwdriver. That worked very well, and his great tip might save some other novice a bit of frustration by getting those drums to come off easily. I was following your sequence and it worked great on the left side where the shoe was worn away and broken from a hanging emergency break and oblivious girlfriend. (Now maybe she understands why I don’t always hear everything she says, it’s sort of like not noticing the continuous noise coming from the rear drum brake.) I was having one heck of a time getting the right side drum off when my auto mechanic neighbor recommended that I remove the rubber plug behind the adjusting star wheel on the back side of the carrier plate, push away the pawl spring with a small screwdriver, and back off the adjuster rod with another small screwdriver. That worked very well, and his great tip might save some other novice a bit of frustration by getting those drums to come off easily.

]]> http://zenfixit.com/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-461 Dan Caceres Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:02:05 +0000 http://zenfixit.com/?p=106#comment-461 What about, tvs, radio, lights, radio, computers why is not a box to calculate that? What about, tvs, radio, lights, radio, computers why is not a box to calculate that?

]]> http://zenfixit.com/?p=160&cpage=1#comment-400 Pennstater Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:17:28 +0000 http://zenfixit.com/?p=160#comment-400 You are great!! My husband was able to go buy the little parts and following your photos, fix it himself!! Saved money, thank you muchly!! You are great!! My husband was able to go buy the little parts and following your photos, fix it himself!! Saved money, thank you muchly!!

]]> http://zenfixit.com/?p=285&cpage=1#comment-398 Howard Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:46:21 +0000 http://zenfixit.com/?p=285#comment-398 its been so long; don't remember how I found it; had to be through a 'google' query about brakes. don't remember the links before, and there weren't any after; your pics and captions and directions were enough. thanks. its been so long; don’t remember how I found it; had to be through a ‘google’ query about brakes. don’t remember the links before, and there weren’t any after; your pics and captions and directions were enough.
thanks.

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