How to adjust the rear brakes on a Corsa 14. auto P reg.

[joffa]

I have just changed the drums and shoes on my Corsa and can find no way of manual adjusting them. From wjhta I could see inside the drume, there is a small ratchet sort of device that adjusts when the hand brake is puled. Any ideas why this wouldn't be working. I cleanedit and everything seemed to be moving smoothly.

Cheers

joffa

 

[m4lcy129051]

the shoes have an adjuster the bar that goes along the top of the shoes has freed bar with splined nut this turns with a screw driver but can seez if you put the screw driver in the top it turn down to adjust the shoes

 

[joffa]

I made sure that the splined nut moved freely before reasembling.

cheers

joffa

 

[andyandy2]

When you've fitted the new shoes you need to turn the ratchet adjuster with a screwdriver untill you can just slide the drun on, then operate the handbrake lever a couple of times to centralise the shoes (make sure both drums are on ) then slide the drum off and see if the adjuster will go up any more, and repeat the process, ( old drums with a lip on the inside edge can cause adjustment problems) If the adjusters are left in the fully wound off position they might not automatically adjust

 

[joffa]

Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try.

Joffa