Self adjusters questions

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bertscova

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One of the adjusters turns clockwise to push brakes out and the other one turned counterclockwise to push the brakes out. they are gold and silver. And I'm not sure which one goes to what side
 

69hurstolds

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Color doesn't matter. Well, it might, but I never consider that. IIRC, the "star wheel" is on the rear shoe side of the brakes. Some star wheel assemblies have RH and LH stamped on them, but not all. Been a while since I did these. The star wheel that turns counter clockwise to go out (looking from the rear side) is on the driver side, or LH side. The RH, or passenger side turns clockwise when looking at it from the rear. Kinda makes sense because you can use the window on the back side of the backing plate to put the adjusting tool to lever down, which pushes the tip up, turning the star wheel the proper direction to expand the brake shoes.

Somebody check my memory. I haven't done a brake job on a drum brake in probably 10 years!

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69hurstolds

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Another way to tell if they're going right direction is when you install them, sitting directly in front of the brake assembly, if the teeth on the wheel side of the star wheel moves downward to expand the brakes, you're good.
 
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bracketchev1221

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Another way to tell if they're going right direction is when you install them, sitting directly in front of the brake assembly, if the teeth on the wheel side of the star wheel moves downward to expand the brakes, you're good.

This is the easiest way to explain it ^. From the drum side you want to rotate the star down to expand the brakes.
 
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