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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: powerslinky on 16 September 2016, 16:50:23
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hi all
need a bit of adjustment on the handbrake on the newly aquired 2.6 CDX "Inastate"
When adjusting /rolling the notched adjuster wheel through the hole , I just want to know
which way the adjusting wheel rotates to take up the play .( To bring shoes closer to drum)
Is it 12 o'clock to 6 (downwards) or 6 to 12 (upwards) Seem to remember it is downwards, but probably wrong ::) ::)
Also to make things more complicated . . .does it revolve the same way on both sides
( N/s & o/s } ?
any advice greatly appriciated cheers, Al :y
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I think it's upwards to bring it in/release, however, I believe they can be reassembled either way up, so someone may have been there and buggered it up for you, so to speak. Afraid it's one of them 'try, ans see until the wheel/drum won't rotate' then you know you're going in the wrong direction... That's IF you can turn the little sod.
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Try both ways... Could easily be either way :y
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I think[/i] it's upwards to bring it in/release, however, I believe they can be reassembled either way up, so someone may have been there and buggered it up for you, so to speak. Afraid it's one of them 'try, ans see until the wheel/drum won't rotate' then you know you're going in the wrong direction... That's IF you can turn the little sod.
Now that really is confusing ::) ::)
just trial & error I suppose . ... .just thought I might find out for sure & be adjusting the right way first time :D :D
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Try both ways... Could easily be either way :y
Will do LD . . . sure its down to get shoes closer to drum though :-\
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Try both ways... Could easily be either way :y
Will do LD . . . sure its down to get shoes closer to drum though :-\
Depends if the last person to touch them put them in that way around ;)
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I think[/i] it's upwards to bring it in/release, however, I believe they can be reassembled either way up, so someone may have been there and buggered it up for you, so to speak. Afraid it's one of them 'try, ans see until the wheel/drum won't rotate' then you know you're going in the wrong direction... That's IF you can turn the little sod.
Now that really is confusing ::) ::)
just trial & error I suppose . ... .just thought I might find out for sure & be adjusting the right way first time :D :D
You might want to scratch a mark on the disc so you know for the next time
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Look through the hole and see if you can see the thread of the adjuster. If the thread is to the left screw it down 12 to 6 and if on the right, screw it up, (if you'll excuse the expression), that'll adjust the shoes out.
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have a look here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=125595.msg1665527#msg1665527 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=125595.msg1665527#msg1665527)
an update - defo worth backing off only the minimum to get free spinning, say 1 point, my handbrake after adjustment kicked in immediately but now a year and a half later is a couple of clicks. had I backed off more I would be having to tighten it soon.
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Think of them as bolts you're doing up clockwise with the head at the back of the car. So nearside you turn the star adjuster upwards and offside you turn them downwards. ;)
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Think of them as bolts you're doing up clockwise with the head at the back of the car. So nearside you turn the star adjuster upwards and offside you turn them downwards. ;)
But what if they have been switched as explained in above posts ? Will be the other way around won't it/
Not doing this until back from hols . . . . but sure I can sort it . I just presumed there was "right" way . . .
Guess not ::) ::)
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Yeah, sorry my post wasnt more helpful , but it really could be either way. :(
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I did mine last weekend .
NS/LH is down to get the shoe to interfere with the drum, OS/RH is up.
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I did mine last weekend .
NS/LH is down to get the shoe to interfere with the drum, OS/RH is up.
Ok thanks . . . when I do it I will start like that ;)
logic seems to point at . .that what ever way the n/s needs to be adjusted . . the o/s will be the opposite ;) ;)
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A picture paints a thousand words - hope this helps, and would seem to be the normal arrangement.
(http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/omega_cdx303-os.jpg)
Offside
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(http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/omega_cdx304-ns.jpg)
Nearside
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Think of them as bolts you're doing up clockwise with the head at the back of the car. So nearside you turn the star adjuster upwards and offside you turn them downwards. ;)
But what if they have been switched as explained in above posts ? Will be the other way around won't it/
Not doing this until back from hols . . . . but sure I can sort it . I just presumed there was "right" way . . .
Guess not ::) ::)
If they havn't been interfered with, this is the way they should go. It's the way they're set up on mine and I recently adjusted the handbrake on my BMW and it was the same on that. :y
Basically though, whichever way you turn it, if you can't lock the hub up then you're turning it the wrong way. ;) It's a PITA of a job! ::) ;D
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Thanks Sir Tigg . . . can see exactly what its all about now :y :y
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The issue is that the adjuster can be fitted either way around on both sides...
In an ideal world, you'll pop the caliper/disc off and clean it up as per Mark DTMs excellent guide before adjusting.
It can then be reassembled as per Tick Tocks pictures and adjusted accordingly :y
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The issue is that the adjuster can be fitted either way around on both sides...
In an ideal world, you'll pop the caliper/disc off and clean it up as per Mark DTMs excellent guide before adjusting.
It can then be reassembled as per Tick Tocks pictures and adjusted accordingly :y
Those pictures should give you a decent idea of which way yours are assembled. If they haven't been adjusted recently, it can take a lot of winding before you realise you're going the wrong way!
I like to use a long flexible screwdriver to 'flick' the adjuster.
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Also as I've found there's no 'feel' so you are convinced you're doing no good, but as Nick sas, you're flicking it, so can't feel it moving so well. On the other hand, you also could be just scraping the thread, or poking the backing plate, and ouldn't really know. Only after a while of poking you you get the knack for it.
Yes, a PITA job, definitely, because it's fiddly, rather than actually hard graft.