Hi all,
I put my rear brakes on this weekend. I was comparing the pic in the shop manual with the brakes as they are on the car and noticed that none of my brakes have the self adjusting mechanism. For those more familiar with later cars, these aren't the star wheel adjustment at the base. Here's a pic from the shop manual:

Sorry for the blurry pic. The adjusting mechanism is a spring (#8) and the self-adjusting mechanism (#10).
Was it common to remove these? Should I try to source replacements? I am going with the Turner front disc brake and dual master cylinder kits if that matters (I think I saw on here when I tried to search for this issue that the later disc brake cars didn't have any adjusting mechanisms on the rear drums. . .)
Thanks,
Dave
I put my rear brakes on this weekend. I was comparing the pic in the shop manual with the brakes as they are on the car and noticed that none of my brakes have the self adjusting mechanism. For those more familiar with later cars, these aren't the star wheel adjustment at the base. Here's a pic from the shop manual:
Sorry for the blurry pic. The adjusting mechanism is a spring (#8) and the self-adjusting mechanism (#10).
Was it common to remove these? Should I try to source replacements? I am going with the Turner front disc brake and dual master cylinder kits if that matters (I think I saw on here when I tried to search for this issue that the later disc brake cars didn't have any adjusting mechanisms on the rear drums. . .)
Thanks,
Dave
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