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wopachop
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Nov 04, 2019

Which direction do you spin the trailer brake adjuster?

Going to try and talk my friend into letting me adjust the trailer brakes. Ideally i would inspect and grease the bearings but there is noway thats gonna happen before they go on a trip. I was the las...
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whiteeye42
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Nov 04, 2019
Turning the wheel so that the teeth on the wheel move upward will expand the brake shoes against the inside of the brake drums. Moving the teeth downward will contract the brake shoes. these instruction came from ETrailer.com Also raise each tire off the ground so you can spin it while adjusting take it until it stops and then back it off until it just spins with slight drag

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