>My rear brake adjusters have seized into the backing plate.
Boy, does THIS sound familiar.
>In order to get the
>adjusters out I need to pull the rear hubs and remove the backing plate so
>that I can take it to a machine shop and have them drill out the old adjusters
>and put in the new ones.
I got lucky. I had a spare Midget backing plate with one that could be freed.
>but for some reason can't get the left hand side off (yes I know it
>is a left hand threaded nut on that side :-).
Good thinking, I was already reaching for the "r" key to tell you it was
left-hand. Smiling, remembering my first time...
I find it hard to believe it is a metric size. If it is metric, it is 47mm.
More likely a Whitworth, eh?
1 and 13/16th's = 46.0375mm
1 and 7/8's = 47.625mm
Whip out your trusty Vernier caliper and measure it.
You have these two huge sockets? I'm surprised the bigger one does not do the
job. . Less than a 16th in that big a size should not be that big a deal.
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