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Troubleshooting Brake Adjustment Wheel that Wont Adjust with Brake Spoon  

Published 09/25/2019



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I had tried the channel locks with no success before. It seems really seized up.

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It looks like your adjustment star wheel is fully retracted to the point it might be too tight to adjust with a brake spoon like # W80630. With the hub off see if you can get the star wheel to break free so that it can start to adjust out. Maybe try grabbing the star wheel with a set of channel locks to really get decent leverage on it. You should be able to see the inner threads like in the picture I attached.

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Fred N.

9/25/2019

I had tried the channel locks with no success before. It seems really seized up.

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Jameson C.

9/25/2019

Have you tried penetrating spray lube like WD-40? A couple rounds of that an hour or so apart would hopefully free it up.
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