The rear brakes have a mechanism that is supposed to increase the
distance between the brake shoes as they wear, keeping them a consistent
distance from the drum. Don't know how successful this mechanism is,
however.

You can still adjust the brakes manually by turning the star wheel with
a brake adjusting tool through the access hole in the backing plate.
Your owner's manual or a service manual has this procedure.

Dan

Robert Zezoff wrote:

> Are the rear drum brakes on my 82 Westy self adjusting??