Lippert brake assistance, help please!
I went to adjust the self adjusting brakes (didn't know when i started) and i was able to get it tight but can't back it down. I keep hearing that there is a tab to push in to be able to rotate the st...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Move teeth on star wheel DOWN to loosen adjuster ------regardless of which side
Place brake spoon on top tooth and move it dow...repeat until wheel freely rotates
Then you can properly adjust.
tab/lever/self adjuster whatever....is item #2 in drawing. It is a metal plate that sits on star wheel teeth. SO if it is IN a tooth grove you will need to move it out of way OR FORCE it
I was never in the BIGGER HAMMER group. But do as you see fit
Lippert Self Adjusting-----'silver' piece to the right of magnet behind brake shoe is the 'self-adjuster tab'
And that Lippert statement about adjusting brakes every 3mos/3000 miles----they were referring to Standard drum brakes. But their self-adjusting do it automatically when braking. (Forward adjusting)
Marketing hype.
That pic helps a ton! So after this is fixed so I just drove backwards to help the others. Braking really stinks. I put on the P2 thinking it would help but they are far from locking up. Leave the others as is once this gets fixed or go after the other 3?
Thanks again!
