Star Adjustment HELP!

[Indianwagon]

Replacing rear shoes and drums and have gone as far as getting everything off except the star adjustment stuff. HOW the F can one get them loosened off??? bin tapping with mallet and screwdriver and soaking with penetrating but am NOT winning.... any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Oh.... '73 bus....

Thanks!

[busdaddy]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=341642&highlight=adjuster+stuck
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[Indianwagon]

Thanks Surrey Busdaddy... thats just sounds wrong, anyhow, I even searched star adjuster and didnt get that topic. So heat it is... haha

[Wildthings]

Once you get them apart drill an 1/8th inch hole in the bottom of each side, this will allow any water to drain. I guess you could also use the hole in conjunction with a grease gun with a needle adapter to just force the adjuster out, never tried this though.

[cefalu]

I just finished this job. All of mine were frozen in their bores and it really looked hopeless.

No amount of pounding or PB blaster would loosen them up. A map gas torch did the job nicely though. The threads are M10 X 1.5 . I chased all the threads with a tap and die, when I was done and it worked perfectly. To protect it into the future I greased up the bore and threads.

Unscrew the bolt with the slotted head if you can. Then screw in a M10 x 1.5 bolt until it bottoms out and it will push out the star if the star is stuck in its bore.

I hate drum brakes!!!!!
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[Desertbusman]

I just did the ones on my bug after many years. No problem. Naturally I greased the hole and the male and female threads again like before. Wipe away any excess grease the can squeeze out. It's the detail attention that gets good results.
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