I'd always thought that the adjuster wheel had to be turned a
different direction for
each side. Not true.

Turning the adjuster wheel down, i.e. levering brake tool blade down,
pushes shoes
closer to drum. Same for each side of vehicle.

Think "down and out" ?

Personally, I envision the lever location and how it works to adjust
shoes out toward drum
then go from there.

Neil.

On 5/13/16, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest an easy way to keep straight which direction to rotate
> the brake-adjuster wheels on our vans?  I always seem to get confused while
> moving from r-side to l-side wheel.  Not the easiest drums to adjust, are
> they?
>

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Neil n

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