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[Mini_Magic]

Trying to loosen the handbrake adjuster, the one on the nearside rear was fine but the offside rear does not want to budge. All of my tools seem to just slip round, is there a special tool for the handbrake adjuster as it's a square nut?

[fishey798]

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[Ethel]

It's a brake adjuster really - the handbrake (cable) adjuster is on the back end of the lever.

It's worth adjusting your drum brakes monthly if only to stop the adjuster from seizing.

[stickycreambun]

and it gives you a much nicer handbrake (and better performing rear brakes)!

[minimender]

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I had one of those and broke it..
When they are siezed you will need to take the drum off if you can.
Then heat the adjuster with a blow torch.
Smack the adjuster now and then with a big hammer.
Attatch a set of mole grips to the adjuster nut very very tight (dont burn your hands)
heat up again for good measure,
Keep tapping the mole grips back and forth until you get some movement.
Screw the adjuster out and back until you can turn it about three turns out.
Lubricate the threads with WD or similar.
Screw in and out a few turns.
Put drum back on
adjust brakes and see to burns on hands
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[sixwheeler]

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I had one of those and broke it..
When they are siezed you will need to take the drum off if you can.
Then heat the adjuster with a blow torch.
Smack the adjuster now and then with a big hammer.
Attatch a set of mole grips to the adjuster nut very very tight (dont burn your hands)
heat up again for good measure,
Keep tapping the mole grips back and forth until you get some movement.
Screw the adjuster out and back until you can turn it about three turns out.
Lubricate the threads with WD or similar.
Screw in and out a few turns.
Put drum back on
adjust brakes and see to burns on hands
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Then [a personal preference] strip the brakes down, wind the adjuster all the way in (as viewed from the back) untill it drops out of the front. Clean it up - a wire wheel is good for this, failing that, a vice and a wire brush - apply copper grease and put it all back together. Saves having to go through the above again in the future.

[Mini_Magic]

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Perfect! Bought a 5/12 open ring spanner from Halfords yesterday. It fitted perfectly onto the nut, finished the job in 1/2 an hour after I got past that! The brakes and handbrake are now working beautifully, no more tugging to the left on emergency stops. Cheers!