Drum brakes adjustment on painted rims

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Scott West
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Drum brakes adjustment on painted rims

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Does anyone have an idea or tool that will adjust drum brakes with painted rims so as not to damage or chip the paint around the adjustment whole.
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A piece of fuel hose on your adjusting tool (screwdriver) would probably do the job.
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Heat shrink tubing on the screwdriver shank. Then you will still be able to see the adjustment teeth.
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Re: Drum brakes adjustment on painted rims

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Using a good sized diameter adjusting tool (even the long flat-bladed screwdriver in the tool kit) should not chip the wheel's paint.
I've had no trouble w/that during my 60 years of ownership.

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Dick your too young to own that car for 60 years, smile.

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#6 Post by Mervyn Hyde »

I don't have a problem with this. I was given this by an old Porsche mechanic.
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