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Old January 16th 05, 01:59 AM
DougW
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SteveBrady did pass the time by typing:
> I just had the jeep in for regular maintenance and the guy told me I needed
> my rear brakes to be adjusted.
> And I brought up the 'automatic adjustment' thing and he said that's an old
> wives tale brought in, probably, from some import car design that didn't
> catch on.


That mechanic is about as full of **** as the U.S. sewer system during
SuperBowl half-time.

> I've had the rears apart (different vehicle) and do see the adjusting 'star'
> but don't see how it would auto adjust with the whole brake on reverse
> thing. Was he feeding me a line to get more business out of me?


http://www.dippy.org/svcman/sm05b.html

With some systems you can tug on the e-brake and adjust them a bit quicker.

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DougW



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