[Roadsters] Brake Adjuster Tool

[RWM]

For that problem (and forever after) we have ViceGrips...  LOL



On 4/15/2012 7:53 AM, Paul Kort wrote:
>   Square, 8 point, 12 point?  It all depends how how bad your PO 
> treated the adjusters.  Too often the 1/4" square is rounded off 
> because the PO, or to be fair, his mechanic, has tried to adjust the 
> brakes beyond the adjusters range instead of installing new shoes.  BTDT!
>   Good luck,
>
> Paul
> Ohio
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:20 AM, RWM <RWM at rwmann.com 
> <mailto:RWM at rwmann.com>> wrote:
>
>     Or a 12-point...
>
>
>     On 4/14/2012 10:35 PM, robert k. smith wrote:
>
>         hi,ron, i think you need an 8 point socket.( 4 points make the
>         square,
>         and will fit the adj.)    have fun,  bob smith, ohio
>
>             Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:16:32 -0500
>             From: ronnie.day at gmail.com <mailto:ronnie.day at gmail.com>
>             To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>             <mailto:datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>;
>             bluebird510 at googlegroups.com
>             <mailto:bluebird510 at googlegroups.com>
>             Subject: [Roadsters] Brake Adjuster Tool
>
>             I'm going to be working on the Roadster this weekend,
>             doing the carpet and
>             then the rear brakes. I stopped at the local O'Reilly's
>             looking for a
>             socket with a 1/4 square business end to fit the the brake
>             adjuster. No go
>             on a specific socket, but I did find a 1/4 allen/hex
>             caliper bit (Lisle
>             12450). It's 3/8 drive so I can just stick a 1/4 x 1/4
>             drive socket on the
>             hex end go to it. I know that using a couple of sockets
>             with a piece of
>             allen stock has been suggested before, but this option
>             doesn't require any
>             cutting.
>
>             FWIW,
>             Ron