That's a jamb nut which is espedially designed to be hard to turn.

Karl Wolz
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Adjusting the Emergency Break

>On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Paul B. wrote:
>> I can not seem to adjust the emergency break.  The Break adjuster (for
>> lack of a better term) nut(you know the nut that connects the two
>> break cables to the long metal tube that in turn connects to the
>> emergency break leaver) is stuck.  Every time I try and tighten it,
>> the pole the nut is connected also rotates.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
>Vice grips on the rod, wrench on the e-brake adjusting nut.
>
>> Also, does the self-adjusting mechanism on the rear brakes have any
>> effect on the emergency break (i.e. If I press on the breaks enough,
>> it will correct the problem itself :-)).
>
>Well, you need to have the shoes adjusted properly before you adjust the
>emergency brake.  Adjust the shoes by hand, using the "star" adjusting
>mechanism, then adjust the e-brake.
>
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>Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
>Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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