MOT due soon, so having tweaked the handbrake adjustment for the few years at the front adjuster, this morning I decided it was time to do the adjustment properly at the rear hubs.
It's tricky to do, even if you have done it before - a matter of spying the adjuster through one of the wheel stud holes, then poking a flat blade in to (hopefully) make contact with the edge on adjuster and guessing which way to turn it. You cannot see much of the adjuster, because it is above the stud hole. You have to look up from below and turn the hub to spot it.
Long ago I stuck a couple of white LED's on the end of some wire, which I could then poke through the hole to help find it. This morning I just could not find it. The original workshop manual was little use, so long ago I rewrote the manual to make it easier for others DIY'ing the adjustment. I had to resort to what I had written this morning, to get the job done...
It's tricky to do, even if you have done it before - a matter of spying the adjuster through one of the wheel stud holes, then poking a flat blade in to (hopefully) make contact with the edge on adjuster and guessing which way to turn it. You cannot see much of the adjuster, because it is above the stud hole. You have to look up from below and turn the hub to spot it.
Long ago I stuck a couple of white LED's on the end of some wire, which I could then poke through the hole to help find it. This morning I just could not find it. The original workshop manual was little use, so long ago I rewrote the manual to make it easier for others DIY'ing the adjustment. I had to resort to what I had written this morning, to get the job done...