Rear brakes 70a Charger 500 self adjusting?

__Larsson____ · Jun 20, 2019

Hi guys! So i just wonder if the brakes on my 8-3/4 on my Charger may have the selfadjusting brakes?

Don Frelier · Jun 20, 2019

Yes. The adjuster is on the bottom the threaded shaft with the starwheel.
To work you need to go forward and backward and apply the brake.
Adjust the starwheel so you can just get the drum on and you should be good.

moparnation74 · Jun 20, 2019

R/T Boy 67 · Jun 20, 2019

If that is a picture of them, or they look like that, then yes.

R413 · Jun 20, 2019

The parts that make it work are the cable from top to bottom and the lever it is hooked to.

That is the drivers rear, the shoes are on correctly front and back.

YY1 · Jun 20, 2019

make sure green spring 1 (almost vertical) doesn't contact and get hung on green spring 2 (almost horizontal).

you can test them by pulling the braided steel cable above green spring 1- pull out toward the brake shoe.

that should cause the rectangle around green spring 1 to pull the tab on the adjuster up and cause the star wheel to rotate, in turn causing the brake shoes to spread slightly farther apart

PurpleBeeper · Jun 20, 2019

And the other way to "self adjust" those rear brakes is to drive in reverse about 10-15mph and slam on the brakes. Repeat this 3-4 times, then just drive the car normally. This turns those little adjuster wheels & is the way I've done it since I was a teenager on these old Mopars

Kern Dog · Jun 20, 2019

The brakes will actually LOOSEN if the star adjusters are on the wrong side of the car.

Rear brakes 70a Charger 500 self adjusting?

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