[Roadsters] Brake Adjuster Tool

[Paul Kort]

  Square, 8 point, 12 point?  It all depends how how bad your PO treated
the adjusters.  Too often the 1/4" square is rounded off because the PO, or
to be fair, his mechanic, has tried to adjust the brakes beyond the
adjusters range instead of installing new shoes.  BTDT!
  Good luck,

Paul
Ohio

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:20 AM, RWM <RWM at rwmann.com> wrote:

> 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 <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
>>>
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