Nothing wrong with this one except the adjuster quit adjusting.
Typical Ford behavior. It's impossible to keep the adjuster from seizing up before the brake shoes wear out if you drive it only a little and live where the sub-tropical rains get into everything.

 

What's your point?

Sorry Joey, I misinterpreted the intention of your post... I thought we were going to start talking about beer recipes, whether they were commercial or home-brewed. Now I understand you were just trying to share one of life's pleasant moments with us... I'll keep that in mind next time you post something like that.
Anyway, last night I was drinking one of these, it's a delicious mexican red ale, and it's among the best I've tried.

 

One shiny tooth proves that the push-lever has been riding on that one tooth for a long time.

 

One shiny tooth proves that the push-lever has been riding on that one tooth for a long time.

yebbut...it's the only bit of metal with no rust.

 

A present from my Grandson at Christmas.
My last name is also on the glass!!
Max.

You don't know the power of the Dark Side. I must obey my master.

 

One shiny tooth proves that the push-lever has been riding on that one tooth for a long time.

What's that you're doing #12? Do you like to repair old vehicles as a hobby? Or are you "overhauling" them so you can sell them later?

 

A complete re-contouring of all the teeth and 1000 certified Ford mechanics promptly turn over in their graves!

The trick is to use a small triangle file and keep the cutting flat aimed at the center of the cylinder. As the cut deepens, the tooth gets a flat that is 90 degrees to the push-plate. Takes about 10 to 12 strokes of the file per tooth.

and it's my car/minivan.

OMG! It could fail!
The only thing that could fail is that the brakes quit auto-adjusting, and they already do that.

 

A complete re-contouring of all the teeth and 1000 certified Ford mechanics promptly turn over in their graves!

The trick is to use a small triangle file and keep the cutting flat aimed at the center of the cylinder. As the cut deepens, the tooth gets a flat that is 90 degrees to the push-plate. Takes about 10 to 12 strokes of the file per tooth.

and it's my car/minivan.
OMG! It could fail!
The only thing that could fail is that the brakes quit auto-adjusting, and they already do that.

Automotive modifications are disallowed on this site, #12. Please refer to the TOS. This thread will now be closed.

 

Yikes! Your right!
I was thinking "electrical" modifications.
Please disregard my brake adjuster procedure.

 

Let's do this right.
You must replace any worn brake adjuster wheel with a new one, preferably a kit that contains all springs, clips, and metal parts. The adjuster wheel is a precision part that has equal ramps on both sides so that Our Father That Art in Detroit did not have to make one for each side of the car. If He had done that, the adjuster wheels would be marked, "R" and "L" and their engaging teeth would be biased to work better for the side they belong on. That can not be allowed, so obey The Technicians First Order: Put it back the way it was designed".

Seriously. Put it back the way it was. There is no such thing as an amateur, "improving" a factory authorized design.

Now I'll go stand in a corner and look ashamed.

 

Now I'll go stand in a corner and look ashamed.

Nah... you want to know what real shame looks like? It looks like this:

 

Who is that? What's the back story?

What's the triangle she's standing on? The blue triangle of shame?

 

Probably going home the morning after a drunken Fraternity party.

(That's how it works in America.)

We call it, "The Walk of Shame".

 

Who is that? What's the back story?

What's the triangle she's standing on? The blue triangle of shame?

I hadn't noticed the triangle... But to answer your question, she's the infamous nut-rage executive from Korean Air

 

Come to think of it, that post probably belonged better in my "ordinary evil" thread.

 

I hadn't noticed the triangle... But to answer your question, she's the infamous nut-rage executive from Korean Air

Thanks. Yes, I remember the story. Nice gal.

 

So Thats what the guy is offering her, a bowl of macadamia nuts!
Max.

 

So Thats what the guy is offering her, a bowl of macadamia nuts!
Max.

Ha!... I hadn't noticed the bowl either! Shame on my powers of observation...

 

Ha!... I hadn't noticed the bowl either! Shame on my powers of observation...

So, where's Waldo?

 

So, where's Waldo?

I don't know... you tell me: