[Roadsters] Brake Adjuster Tool

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Or a 12-point...


On 4/14/2012 10:35 PM, robert k. smith wrote:
> hi,ron, i think you need an 8 point socket.( 4 points make the square,
> and will fit the adj.)    have fun,  bob smith, ohio
>
>> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:16:32 -0500
>> From: ronnie.day at gmail.com
>> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net; bluebird510 at googlegroups.com
>> Subject: [Roadsters] Brake Adjuster Tool
>>
>> I'm going to be working on the Roadster this weekend, doing the carpet and
>> then the rear brakes. I stopped at the local O'Reilly's looking for a
>> socket with a 1/4 square business end to fit the the brake adjuster. No go
>> on a specific socket, but I did find a 1/4 allen/hex caliper bit (Lisle
>> 12450). It's 3/8 drive so I can just stick a 1/4 x 1/4 drive socket on the
>> hex end go to it. I know that using a couple of sockets with a piece of
>> allen stock has been suggested before, but this option doesn't require any
>> cutting.
>>
>> FWIW,
>> Ron