Drum Brake Adjusting Hardware Inspection
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire and 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Visually inspect the adjuster actuator spring for the following conditions:
- Excessive stretching, twisting, or binding.
- The spring being bent, or broken at any point along the spring.
- Excessive corrosion.
- Missing
- Visually inspect the adjuster assembly for the following conditions:
- The adjuster being bent, or broken.
- Excessively worn, damaged, or missing teeth.
- Visually inspect the adjuster actuator lever for the following conditions:
- The lever being bent, or broken.
- The lever to adjuster surface being excessively worn.
- Broken spring attachment tab.
- Missing.
- If any of the conditions listed were found, the affected part, or parts require replacement.