Originally posted by AmuletOfNight
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I don't necessarily endorse whacking the rotor with a hammer the way they show it. But, someone else did mine, so what do I know. I had let a shop do what was supposed to be a simple brake cable fix, and they discovered the friction material had separated from one of the shoes. They had to pull the axles; but, like gadget said, it was a good excuse for changing the differential fluid, which I probably never would have bothered doing.
BTW, when the video refers to the adjustment in the caliper, that's different than the adjuster for the shoes that gadget is talking about. AFAIK, the parking brake is basically a drum brake within the rotor, but without the hydraulics.
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