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Drums Installed

  1. Raise and support vehicle.
  2. At the back of the brake backing plate, remove the brake adjusting hole plug. See Fig 1.
  3. Rotate the brake shoe adjusting screw nut. Using Brake Adjustment Tool (D81L-1103-C), or equivalent, move the brake shoe adjusting lever off the brake shoe adjusting screw nut. Move the adjustment tool handle upward to tighten the brake adjuster screw. Turn the brake shoe adjusting screw nut until the brake drum begins to drag. Then loosen the brake adjuster screw until the brake drum rotates freely.
  4. Install a new brake adjusting access hole cover.
  5. Lower the vehicle.
Fig 1: Accessing Drum Brake Shoe Adjuster Hole
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