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Drums Installed

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  1. Raise and support vehicle. Remove adjusting hole cover rubber plug. Turn adjusting screw and expand brake shoes until drag is felt against brake drum. See Fig 1 .
  2. Then loosen the brake adjuster screw until the brake drum rotates freely.
  3. Install adjusting hole cover.
Fig 1: Accessing Drum Brake Shoe Adjuster
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