Brake shoe adjusting cam.

[Mark Breugelmans]

So I finally got my seized rear wheel off.

Unfortunately the right brake shoe adjusting cam is seized and the nut badly  rounded (presumably due to a previous effort to unseize it).

Has anyone else had this happen to them? If so, what did you to free it? Is there a way to remove / replace it? I’ve tried penetrating oil and freeze/release spray with no luck.

ideally I’d replace the cam and nut. I see the cam available in spares catalogs but not the bolt. Is there somewhere I could get one made up?

thanks,

Mark

[ChrisParticipant]

Hi Mark

I’ve used PlusGas to free mine off in the past, but yours may be too far gone. My next move would be heat – and then freezer spray. As for replacements, not sure what the specialists are offering but I just posted a long list of secondhand parts that Andy Burnett is hoping to shift. He includes brake parts in the list.

Chris

[Alain SauvageParticipant]

I had to remove the back plate to apply heat, eventually moved. However the movement after was still very stiff, lubricating the part not very satisfactory. If there is a second hand part with free movement I’d swap it.

[Mark Breugelmans]

Thanks for feedback. I’ll take off the back plate to attack it properly with heat. A replacement back plate would be ideal if I can find one. I’ll checkout Andy’s list of parts.

 

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