Comments on: how do you adjust brakes on a 1990 chevy truck? http://www.chevytruckshq.com/how-do-you-adjust-brakes-on-a-1990-chevy-truck/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheldon B http://www.chevytruckshq.com/how-do-you-adjust-brakes-on-a-1990-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Sheldon B Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:55:07 +0000 http://www.chevytruckshq.com/how-do-you-adjust-brakes-on-a-1990-chevy-truck/#comment-41 u can onty adjust the rear. although your rear brakes are self adjusting via e break they might need additional adjusting. use e brake after adjustment as much as possible to keep adjusted. take off your drum u will c a flat bar round in the center conected to both shoes. turn the dial a little bit then replace drum and turn to center shoes. u mite have to do this several times. what you are looking for is contact of shoes with drum with no strong grab. once this is achieved put tire on and u r good. there also is an oblong hole n the back of your brake plate. u can adjust with a screw driver the same dial but i would not recomend till u have taken the drum off and know how everything works. good luck did u bench bleed the mastercylinder and the brakes. you probably have air in your lines, but thats another question. u can onty adjust the rear. although your rear brakes are self adjusting via e break they might need additional adjusting. use e brake after adjustment as much as possible to keep adjusted. take off your drum u will c a flat bar round in the center conected to both shoes. turn the dial a little bit then replace drum and turn to center shoes. u mite have to do this several times. what you are looking for is contact of shoes with drum with no strong grab. once this is achieved put tire on and u r good. there also is an oblong hole n the back of your brake plate. u can adjust with a screw driver the same dial but i would not recomend till u have taken the drum off and know how everything works. good luck

did u bench bleed the mastercylinder and the brakes. you probably have air in your lines, but thats another question.

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