Originally Posted by
Joe Z
...I didn’t realize you can adjust the shoes from the outside by popping out a rubber piece from the looks of it.
...this setup is completely different from what I’m use to.
This setup is pretty strange if you are used to conventional drum brake adjusters. Well...that and the fact that the drum, hub, studs and bearing are all in the same assembly. There is no star-wheel adjuster in 2014-2015 drum brakes in the US. In 2017, they started using conventional-looking drum brake setups (see images here).
You can't manually adjust the shoes in a 2014-2015, but you can completely retract them by using a screwdriver through the backing plate as shown in that previous figure (also check more detailed pics in this thread). I have never done it. I think the next time I have a drum off, I will try it just for the heck of it. Because I don't know how you would ever figure that out if you can't look an another identical setup while you are trying it while a drum is installed.
Did you try to remove the other drum?
Last edited by Top_Fuel; 07-29-2019 at 12:46 PM.
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