Works great when it's greased and not rusted solid.  Not much to it, the
adjuster itself has a ratchet wheel on the shaft, and applying the brake
moves a claw over the wheel.  When the travel gets long enough the claw
engages the next tooth on the wheel, and pulls it back when the brakes are
released.

david

At 01:34 PM 12/28/2000, Daniel Schmitz wrote:
>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.

David Beierl - dbeierl@attglobal.net