Does anyone know of a way to loosen (remove) a seized rear brake shoe adjuster? Mine is well seized and nothing so far has looked like moving it. If there's a 'special technique' for this I'd love to know.
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| Author: | ClubmanGT [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Seized brake adjuster |
Does anyone know of a way to loosen (remove) a seized rear brake shoe adjuster? Mine is well seized and nothing so far has looked like moving it. If there's a 'special technique' for this I'd love to know.
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| Author: | 13secmini [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:43 pm ] |
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have you tried to turn it from the inside with a flat head screw driver bit in a drill?? |
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| Author: | 68matic [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:25 pm ] |
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because its quite large you can squirt some WD40 in it overnight someone recently suggested penetrating oil for these types of things too |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:11 pm ] |
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Oxy torch... warm it up- works wonders on rust! Watch you don't overheat the wheel cylinder though. 
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| Author: | ClubmanGT [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:10 am ] |
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Thank you for the advice, unfortunately, it wasn't going to shift. In the end, I removed the back plate and used a vice. Should have done this in the first place instead of spending the best part of a day rounding the adjuster off! |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:31 am ] |
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ClubmanGT wrote: Should have done this in the first place instead of spending the best part of a day rounding the adjuster off!
aahhhhh.... 'if only'....... how many times have I been in a similar situation!!! Glad you got it sorted. 
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