Rear drum adjustment

[piglet14]

Never seen one of these, it's got a spring loaded taper.
I'm used to star wheels.
Whats the drill here?

[alexperkins]

Self adjusting shoes on these

What are you wanting to adjust? Sometimes the piston seizes so they dont adjust properly

[piglet14]

Thanks Alex
Had the shoes off, pistons moving freely, copper greased moving parts.
Shoes & drums look fairly recent anyway.
With a star/ratchet wheel adjuster I would set the shoes so the drum would only just go on then fiddle the starwheel through a bolt hole until the shoes were lightly rubbing.
Is this the same or do you just pump the handbrake to work the taper down?

[alexperkins]

I'll dig the adjustment guide out for you tomorrow

[piglet14]

Think I've sussed it, stick a spike through a bolt hole and into the spring hole at the bottom of the taper, then lever the taper down a couple of notches at a time.
I'll have a proper go tomorrow after we have had a good bleeding session, followed by a bleeding good session!

[alexperkins]

http://workshop-manuals.com/volkswagen/ ... nstalling/

[piglet14]

QUOTE:– Firmly depress brake pedal once, this adjusts the rear brakes.
All pigs refuelled & lined up ready for take off.

Maybe the taper spring go soft with age but that is not happening, I suspect this was causing the excessive pedal travel as when I removed the assemblies both tapers were at the top.
Not hard to do a manual edjust.

Thanks Alex.