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This is what I needed! For some reason I thought both sides were the same, e.g. the star part pointed to the back of the car on both sides. The last time I did this was about 1996, so my memory is a bit fuzzy.
The idea is that you turn the adjustment the same way to tighten or loosen regardless which side. To tighten, turn wheel down (handle of screwdriver up). So that's why they are installed the way they are.
This is what I needed! For some reason I thought both sides were the same, e.g. the star part pointed to the back of the car on both sides. The last time I did this was about 1996, so my memory is a bit fuzzy.
On the "regular" cars with actual drum brakes, the adjusters were both the same way (towards the rear IIRC) on both sides. This was for the auto-adjuster levers to work when the car was backing up and the brakes were applied they would "adjust" the star wheel for wear on the pads.
The vette doesn't have that since it's just the parking brake so the star wheel doesn't need auto-adjusting
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FYI, I read in another post that the right side spindle support is 3820644 and the left side spindle support is 3820643. Both of mine are 3820643, but they are mirror images of each other and have the "D" shaped hole on opposite sides, so just put the "D" side to the rear on both of them. I bought this car as a trailer full of parts, but I am pretty sure these are the original supports.
09-17-2018, 05:11 PM
Is this the correct direction for the parking brake adjuster?
