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**COBALT** · 05-26-2006, 06:53 PM

After rebuilding the rear drum brakes I can't seem to get the shoes to engage the drums. I put them in (I thought) so that they barely touched, but the petal is going pretty far down (the brakes are bled) before I get any braking. Also, the e-brake seems to be close to ineffective.

I'm thinking that the little holes on the bottom of the brake assembly flange is where I can manually turn the adjusters. Is this true?..Or, do I keep backing up and hitting the brakes to get them to adjust on their own?

05-26-2006, 06:53 PM	#1
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	Self-adjusters won't adjust! After rebuilding the rear drum brakes I can't seem to get the shoes to engage the drums. I put them in (I thought) so that they barely touched, but the petal is going pretty far down (the brakes are bled) before I get any braking. Also, the e-brake seems to be close to ineffective. I'm thinking that the little holes on the bottom of the brake assembly flange is where I can manually turn the adjusters. Is this true?..Or, do I keep backing up and hitting the brakes to get them to adjust on their own? __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.



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