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Re: Brake adjuster picture
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Re: Brake adjuster picture
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Andrew1 Andrew Taylor
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thanks Ian, I see that they are pretty cheap on ebay.de (40-60euro), only issue is finding postage that doesn't cost more then the puller. Last time I ordered from ebay.de the DHL shipping was around 60+euros.

has anyone used http://mailboxde.com/ or know of any other parcel forwarder that ship from germany?

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I should put such a puller on scales. Is it really more than 2 kgs? Up to 2 kg, you can send a parcel from Germany to all places of the world for just EUR 16.90 insurance included... (http://www.dhl.de/en.html)

Unfortunately, I live in Switzerland and cannot help you every day. If you have time, I might arrange something with my German friends.

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1982 Barkas B1000 KB
1987 Trabant 601 Standard Limousine
1989 Wartburg 1.3 Tourist (station wagon)
I've just been in my workshop with kitchen scales. The puller is slightly below 1.7 kgs - so a little parcel for about 17 euro should be possible from Germany.

This should be a bargain for you:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Abzieher-Trabant-Spezialwerkzeug-Radnabe-Bremstrommel-/221188647977?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item337fdeec29#shId

25 eur fixed price for the puller and 15 eur delivery to New Zealand winking smiley

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Andrew1 Andrew Taylor
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Thanks so much Phi, that shipping is a lot cheaper then they usually charge...
Brought and hopefully on its way soon...

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Re: Brake adjuster picture
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In reply to a post by RHFabrications, post: 3075, member: 794 I had to laugh a little at the line 'If you live in a dry area'. I live in the UK, where we have a simple way of weather forecasting. If you can't see the hills it's raining, and if you can see them, it's going to rain. (The British national pastime is moaning about the weather)

I discovered that East Tennessee recieves twice as much rainfall as London England. Yet only half as many raining days. That's why this green funk grows on the sides of buildings and concrete. Right now I am fighting allergies and a sinus infection. I don't think it's so much the pollen as it is the mold spores which seems to bother me more than the pollen.

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[USER=777]turbofiat124[/USER]. It's that time of year. I'm from Georgia and you know it seems to rain from April to July quite a bit. Although here in Texas (at least where I am) it never seems to rain. It's the polar opposite.

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Re: Brake adjuster picture
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jseabolt James Seabolt
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In reply to a post by Keri, post: 3071, member: 757 Here's a nice foto.

When installing the brake shoe over the pin, it is really easy to extend the pin and have the shoes so far out that the drum won't fit.
It this happens, you push the little bent tab, #4 back against the spring to release the adjuster so you can push the shoe in.
In this foto, you would move the top part of the locking plate to the left to release.

I have a question about this adjuster. If you disassemble the brakes for any reason, new shoes, new wheel cylinder, old shoes whatever, do you "reset" the adjuster by moving the tab (#4) while the adjuster is off the car to compress the spring, install the adjuster then slip the shoes and drum on and has the brake pedal is pumped, it will adjust itself? Or do you need to start somewhere and adjust it just enough to where you can slip the drums over the shoes? Like you would on a Ford.

Does that make any sense?

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Re: Brake adjuster picture
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mati0921 mati0921
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ove the adjusters all the way back, and put it all together, (recheck the adjusters are back) and put on the drums, and pump the pedal, and they adjust themselves. smiling smiley

And make sure everything is well lubericated. smiling smiley (not the shoes:eeksmiling smiley

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