Originally Posted by
clayb34
...even though most cars have "self adjusting" brake shoe setups, they still need some attention now and then to make sure that they are adjusted properly...
Agreed. My last car had rear drum brakes which I adjusted at each oil change. Even though the mechanisms were clean, you could always get a few clicks out of the self-adjusters. My rear brakes were always doing something...which is one of the reasons I never had to put brakes on that car in 180,000 miles.
The Mirage adjustment mechanism is a little unique. I haven't figured out if there's any way to adjust them beyond what the parking brake adjustment method will allow. Unlike star-wheel adjusted rear brakes, it doesn't look like there's a way to "fine tune" the adjustment of the Mirage's rear drum brakes.
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