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Subject:Re: What size is the axle nut
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:59:06 -0500

At 09:46 AM 3/6/2002, Lee Spear wrote:
>I need to take off the druns, My soft brake pedal hasent fix its slef. I meed
>to take
>a look.  It broke my hart to put a pipe rinch on it the first time, not agin.

It's 46 mm but you probably don't need to take it off unless you need to
remove the backing plate.  You can certainly replace shoes etc, and I think
you can replace the cylinder.

If you *do* take it off, remember it has to be torqued to 500 newton-meters
(360 lb-ft I think?)

david

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