How to adjust atwood surge brakes step 1. Some vehicle with four wheel disc brakes still use a drum brake inside the rear rotors that acts as the parking brake.
Insert a drum brake adjustment tool or a flat blade screwdriver into.
How to adjust trailer brakes on a drum.
With the vehicle lifted safely and secured it is time to remove the tires.
If you can tell me the weight capacity of your axle the bolt pattern of your brake mounting flange 4 bolt 5 bolt or 7 bolt and the size of the brakes 10 x 2 14 12 x 2 etc then i would be happy to make a more specific recommendation for you.
Remove the tire.
Crawl under the trailer and locate the clip that covers the adjustment hole on.
Adjusting drum brakes correctly can be an art.
You will still want to go through the break in process with the self adjusting brakes to make sure the magnets and shoes seat properly in the drum.
Rotate the rear tire and wheel in.
Prepare to adjust the drum brakes step 1.
Brake setting and adjustment for trailers.
These drum brake systems need adjustment too and in fact a parking brake that is too far out of adjustment can fail a state vehicle inspection.
Work on one side of the trailer at a time.
Making the adjustments is pretty easy.
In this video ill show you how to adjust your drum brakes using the star adjuster to get just the right amount of drag on your drum brake shoes.
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Once you cannot turn the wheel you turn the star wheel the other direction until the wheel can spin and you hear a slight constant drag on the brakes.
Make sure the vehicle is in park and that the parking brake is set.
Lift the rear end of the vehicle.
On drum brakes that do not self adjust you would manually adjust the brakes using the star wheel on the assembly.
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