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Brake Adjuster Cams

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Do they wear or degrade? I think mine might be slipping OSF
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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Never heard of it but I suppose anything is possible........ What's the problem?
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bmcecosse wrote:Never heard of it but I suppose anything is possible........ What's the problem?
When I adjust them up as per the manual, then brake hard, they lose their adjustment.
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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All of them, or just the rear/fronts/just one? Sure it has the right adjusters fitted, not 7 inch ones?
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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Worn snails?
Return springs in wrong holes?
I think I am having the same problem with n/s/r, will check and if necessary change the snail
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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mike.perry wrote:Worn snails?
Return springs in wrong holes?
I think I am having the same problem with n/s/r, will check and if necessary change the snail
I think it's worn snails, yeah.
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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Hard to imagine.... When you adjust up the brakes there is often a rapid 'settling in' period -and the brakes then need tweeked up another notch. You should count the clicks and make a note at each wheel - then check later when you feel the pedal has gone 'long' if the same number of clicks takes the adjuster back.
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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had exactly the same problem,fitted a secondhand cam.. fixed,so allthough rare can happen.
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kennatt wrote:had exactly the same problem,fitted a secondhand cam.. fixed,so allthough rare can happen.
Aha! I'm not alone!
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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One -but all four??? Highly unlikely.....
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Well I'm only having trouble with one...maybe two, but I think it's just the one. It's certainly only one wheel.
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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Try that adjuster in anther drum - still troublesome?
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Re: Brake Adjuster Cams

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With mine you could adjust up then press the brake,first try good pedal,second try allmost to the floor,soon isolated to one wheel,didn't even look that worn,but another cured it.
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