TeGGeR® wrote:
> Al <XnospamX@optonline.net> wrote in
> news:bgkQg.198$OM3.136@newsfe11.lga:
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>>The Man wrote:
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>>>I'm replacing my rear drum pads on my 92 Honda Civic. I also had to
>>>replace a wheel cylinder. I got everything back together and ran into
>>>a problem. I can't get the drum to fit of the new brake pads. I've
>>>turned the adjuster to the smallest it will go.
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>>Did you back off the emergency brake cable adjustment?
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> That IS the adjuster within the drum, which he did back off.
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> The OP is warned NOT to back off the cable adjustment inside the car in an
> attempt to fix this.
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You have never come across a car (especially a 14 year old one) where
someone has tightened the parking brake cable in order to get to three
clicks - maybe because the self adjusters weren't working? If you don't
loosen it back up those drums are not going on.