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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:17 am    Post subject: spring that holds star nuts from turning Reply with quote

Well mine are broken off or bent way off.

I see the part on cip1 and thing shop and cip1 says its a welded on piece. What about the housing it attaches to, is that a bolt on piece or part of the backing plate?

A little bit of rust keeps the star nuts secure now.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although the star adjuster housing is part of the backing plate, There is an old school repair for the spring replacement. These springs were clamped / pressed in place. To repair/replace them, drill small hole in side of housing/tap/use screw to hold spring into place.
The Brake Leaf Spring was originally a Bus part...
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks kubelmann for the answer

Any tips on getting the old spring metal out? I'm going to try prying with a flat screwdriver and/or needle nose vice clamps.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i grab it with channel locks when it is still whole asn roll it out using the jaw face as a cam
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 4:30 pm    Post subject: Re: spring that holds star nuts from turning Reply with quote

I've been wrestling with my front brakes all week. Frozen star adjusters and a wheel cylinder that was corroded to the backing plate. My question is, do I need these little springs or can I live without them? The rust held the stars stationary until now. I have new ones from TTS and I've managed to remove the remnants of the old ones, but as they're pressed in there doesn't seem to be any way to secure the new ones. Kmans solution makes sense but there isn't enough metal to drill from the side and still secure the spring.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:56 am    Post subject: Re: spring that holds star nuts from turning Reply with quote

I have never had trouble doing without them, I don't think it's a big deal. Give it a try, you can always fix them later.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:59 am    Post subject: Re: spring that holds star nuts from turning Reply with quote

KAmes wrote:
I have never had trouble doing without them, I don't think it's a big deal. Give it a try, you can always fix them later.


I think it depends how much you drive and yes, if your stars turn freely.
Hint: They should. Smile

I had one broken up front on my '63 Bus and that side would go out of adjustment and my brakes would start pulling.
I was driving the Bus almost every day though.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:18 am    Post subject: Re: spring that holds star nuts from turning Reply with quote

One trick you can use to keep the stars from sticking is to drill a couple of small holes in the body of the adjustment block so that you can spray or pump a tiny amount of grease into each bore of the block from time to time whenever you have access.

This of course will exasperate the problem with the stars backing off.

I have wondered about making a special adjusting hole plug that would lock the star wheel in place once installed, but have never actually made anything.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:24 am    Post subject: Re: spring that holds star nuts from turning Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
KAmes wrote:
I have never had trouble doing without them, I don't think it's a big deal. Give it a try, you can always fix them later.


I think it depends how much you drive and yes, if your stars turn freely.
Hint: They should. Smile

I had one broken up front on my '63 Bus and that side would go out of adjustment and my brakes would start pulling.
I was driving the Bus almost every day though.

It's true I don't drive it every day.
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