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Art Newland · 05-23-2017, 10:32 PM

Yes, two jackstands... and the jack too. 4.5 hours of fiddling with pushrods, clevis', pins and cotters. The tricky part is the "remove all slack" part. Undoubtedly this is something that comes with experience. I'm calling this round two. It's quite a balancing act... get one too tight then the others can't pull far enough, etc. I drove to a gravel parking lot and did some skid testing, only the front right was locking up. I started backing that one off and then the right rear started locking up also. A couple of clicks on the adjusters on the left hand side got the left rear locking up also. I'll get some more miles on it and I think I'll try using the adjustment stick and get them evened up.

05-23-2017, 10:32 PM	#34
Art Newland Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Lynden, WA Posts: 1,564	Re: Angle of Brake Arms Yes, two jackstands... and the jack too. 4.5 hours of fiddling with pushrods, clevis', pins and cotters. The tricky part is the "remove all slack" part. Undoubtedly this is something that comes with experience. I'm calling this round two. It's quite a balancing act... get one too tight then the others can't pull far enough, etc. I drove to a gravel parking lot and did some skid testing, only the front right was locking up. I started backing that one off and then the right rear started locking up also. A couple of clicks on the adjusters on the left hand side got the left rear locking up also. I'll get some more miles on it and I think I'll try using the adjustment stick and get them evened up.