Brake Shoe: Adjustments

NOTE: Unique to this vehicle is a new fully automatic adjusting mechanism for the rear drum brakes. The rear drum brakes used on this vehicle have no provisions to be manually adjusted and should not require manual brake shoe adjustment for the life of the linings. Although in the event of a brake reline, it will require the automatic adjuster to be reset. After resetting the automatic adjuster the initial adjustment procedure must be done Prior to driving the vehicle.

REAR DRUM BRAKE INITIAL ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE
1. Be sure parking brake lever is fully released.
2. Fully apply the vehicles service brakes 2 to 3 times by depressing the brake pedal as far as possible. This will cause the automatic adjuster mechanism to correctly adjust the rear drum brakes.
3. Apply and release the park brake lever one time after the service brakes have been correctly adjusted.
4. This procedure has correctly adjusted the vehicle's rear service brakes.