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Subject:Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 14 May 2016 04:32:07 -0400

At 09:01 AM 5/13/2016, Don Hanson 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?

Look at the teeth.  They're designed so the operating lever (or your
screwdriver) slips off in the loosening direction, catches firmly in
the tightening direction.

Yrs,
d