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Handbrake adjustment
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walshja
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it's pretty simple, just follow the directions in both manuals. make sure you back off the hand brake adjustment, then adjust the rear drum brakes, then finally adjust the hand brake.
have your grease gun ready, when you're under the car you may as well squirt some grease into the hand brake cable grease nipple
another suggestion, since you will have the car jacked up, you might want to change your rear differential oil, another simple job.
have your grease gun ready, when you're under the car you may as well squirt some grease into the hand brake cable grease nipple
another suggestion, since you will have the car jacked up, you might want to change your rear differential oil, another simple job.
jvandyke
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If you refill the diff. you might consider NOT fillng it as much as the book says (to the point of coming out the fill hole). 1/2" or so below is the advice I've read, stick your pinkie in the opening and bend that first knuckle joint down, when you get oil on it, stop.
I drained and filled mine this spring, shortly after BOTH hubs were dumping oil on the brakes, coincidence? Maybe, but after rebuilding the hubs; oil seals, bearings, shoes, cylinders and all, I refilled as advised above.
I drained and filled mine this spring, shortly after BOTH hubs were dumping oil on the brakes, coincidence? Maybe, but after rebuilding the hubs; oil seals, bearings, shoes, cylinders and all, I refilled as advised above.