David,

You might be right.  I did some adjusting about a week ago and thought they
both turned CCW or maybe I just think they did.  Dang dyslexia.

-Dick-

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Beierl
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 10:01 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: adjusting rear brakes!

At 07:07 PM 12/22/2014, sailingfc @dslextreme.com wrote:
>I don't have a mnemonic, but both are the same and you want to rotate
>the "star" CCW to loosen, when looking at the rear of the van.

You must have a bastard installation.  281 609 801 B is the adjuster for the
left side, 802 B for the right side per ETKA (all '80-92 2WD and Syncro).
The threads are opposite hand.

 From the way the internal activating lever points in the parts diagram,
rotating the side of the star nearest the backing plate down will decrease
brake clearances.

Yours,
David
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