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Re: Rear brake adjustments?

To: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Rear brake adjustments?
From: Chad Cooper <mgb72@airmail.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:40:27 -0800
A 1/4" 8 point 1/4" drive socket works very well given the limited space for 
travel of any tool in there.  They are sold separately also so you don't have 
ot 
buy a whole set of 8 pts.

Chad Cooper

Bob Howard wrote:
> Keith,
>   Me too.  It seems to take a couple of thousand miles before new shoes
> stop wearing fast.  The car stops OK but the handbrake lever travel gets
> excessive, so it's time to adjust again. 
>   I use a 1/4 inch gas-tank wrench, something that a lister suggested. 
> Works pretty well, though a store-bought brake adjusting wrench would
> probably be better.
> Bob
>  
> 
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:48:05 -0600 kmwheeler@ualr.edu writes:
> 
>>Just to check my sanity, how often do you guys adjust the rear
>>brakes on your MGBs?  Seems like I'm doing it all the time...
>>
>>-Keith Wheeler
>>Team Sanctuary





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