All Drum Brakes Suck Donkey Dicks/I Hate Cheap Lugnuts
From : butch ricker
Q: subject all drum brakes suck donkey dicks/i hate cheap lugnuts i hate having to adjust the drum brakes on my 1990 f/s gmc jimmy every 2000 miles. i really hate it because i have *the* worst lug nuts every devised - designed by retarded mongolian monks to self-destruct if looked at side-wise. the first i can fix with a conversion. the second i havent been able to fix with much $$ spent. all drum brakes suck donkey dicks! i am looking for a 60* bevel lug nut that is not thru-nut acorn i guess for a 3/8 fine thread. i want a solid piece lug nut ie nothing pressed in on through etc. i would prefer a 7/8 lug iirc this is the size of the oem lug wrench so if i dont have my road kit i can change a flat with that p.o.s. i have found a 20 piece set that almost fits this requirement except the chrome on it sucks. the first time you put a wrench to it it cracks and then it weeps rust all over my nice shiny stock rims. also 4 of those pieces are locking lug nuts - a moronic idea and just plain annoying. so for like $25.00 i get 16 junk lugs 4 junk locking lugs and im still 4 lugs short. yay. plain ole 60* thru-nuts dont work too shallow for my stock aluminum alloy rims been there done that. the rims have a recess for each lug and the center caps makes that recess all the deeper. if you know of a place that doesnt sell crap like every parts store i have ever been too with this problem autozone pepboy sanel autoparts vip auto and several local dealers you wouldnt have heard about i would love to look at a link or whatever. about the only place i havent gone to is napa. and if anyone has some 6lug gm compatible 16 black steelies in southern ga im making offers. thank you for reading my rant. -- ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing then he who believes what is a wrong. - thomas jefferson formerly kj the lonely grease monkey .
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From : ray
butch ricker wrote subject all drum brakes suck donkey dicks/i hate cheap lugnuts i hate having to adjust the drum brakes on my 1990 f/s gmc jimmy every 2000 miles. i really hate it because i have *the* worst lug nuts every devised - designed by retarded mongolian monks to self-destruct if looked at side-wise. the first i can fix with a conversion. the second i havent been able to fix with much $$ spent. all drum brakes suck donkey dicks! i am looking for a 60* bevel lug nut that is not thru-nut acorn i guess for a 3/8 fine thread. i want a solid piece lug nut ie nothing pressed in on through etc. i would prefer a 7/8 lug iirc this is the size of the oem lug wrench so if i dont have my road kit i can change a flat with that p.o.s. i have found a 20 piece set that almost fits this requirement except the chrome on it sucks. the first time you put a wrench to it it cracks and then it weeps rust all over my nice shiny stock rims. try a local speed shop. when i needed wheel studs for my race car they had em... and when i needed lug nuts for the snowflakes on my ta they had em. and yes drum brakes suck. .
From : micah
you shouldnt have to adjust them so much. they have self adjustment. or did u put it in backwards check it out & use the emergency brake. .
From : trainfan1
micah wrote you shouldnt have to adjust them so much. they have self adjustment. or did u put it in backwards check it out & use the emergency brake. not to mention that they can be manually adjusted w/o taking off the wheels... rob .
From : doc
micah wrote you shouldnt have to adjust them so much. they have self adjustment. or did u put it in backwards check it out & use the emergency brake. not to mention that they can be manually adjusted w/o taking off the wheels... rob not on his truck they cant. never had a drum off of one of these have you doc .
From : tbone
micah wrote you shouldnt have to adjust them so much. they have self adjustment. or did u put it in backwards check it out & use the emergency brake. not to mention that they can be manually adjusted w/o taking off the wheels... rob not on his truck they cant. never had a drum off of one of these have you doc not on mine either. they never opened the adjuster holes on the backing plate and there in none in the drum either. funny thing is that even after 93000 miles the shoes still looked like new and if i didnt already have the new ones they would have stayed right where they were. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : doc
micah wrote you shouldnt have to adjust them so much. they have self adjustment. or did u put it in backwards check it out & use the emergency brake. not to mention that they can be manually adjusted w/o taking off the wheels... rob not on his truck they cant. never had a drum off of one of these have you doc not on mine either. they never opened the adjuster holes on the backing plate and there in none in the drum either. funny thing is that even after 93000 miles the shoes still looked like new and if i didnt already have the new ones they would have stayed right where they were. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving on this vintage gm the self-adjusters arent accessible via the holes in the backing plate which is why they were never punched out in the first place! doc .
From : the other kevin in san diego skiddz at adelphia dot net
on tue 13 jul 2004 192332 -0400 doc noway@nope.com wrote micah wrote you shouldnt have to adjust them so much. they have self adjustment. or did u put it in backwards check it out & use the emergency brake. not to mention that they can be manually adjusted w/o taking off the wheels... rob not on his truck they cant. never had a drum off of one of these have you theres no slot in the backing plate to stuff your adjustment tool through if not id bust out my dremel and grind one out... .
From : doc
the other kevin in san diego skiddz *at* adelphia *dot* net wrote in message not to mention that they can be manually adjusted w/o taking off the wheels... rob not on his truck they cant. never had a drum off of one of these have you theres no slot in the backing plate to stuff your adjustment tool through if not id bust out my dremel and grind one out... the adjusters wouldnt even be accessible if you ground 1/2 of the backing plate off. now if you took a dremmel to the front of the drum...........youd be in business abd about $100 poorer from broken carbide bits! doc .
From : the other kevin in san diego skiddz at adelphia dot net
on wed 14 jul 2004 234916 -0400 doc noway@nope.com wrote the adjusters wouldnt even be accessible if you ground 1/2 of the backing plate off. now if you took a dremmel to the front of the drum...........youd be in business abd about $100 poorer from broken carbide bits! man what kinda half-assed design is that even my old 67 mustang had the adjuster holes.. i just crawled under my 71 cutlass to check. yep its got the holes.. .
From : jr
the other kevin in san diego skiddz *at* adelphia *dot* net wrote in on wed 14 jul 2004 234916 -0400 doc noway@nope.com wrote the adjusters wouldnt even be accessible if you ground 1/2 of the backing plate off. now if you took a dremmel to the front of the drum...........youd be in business abd about $100 poorer from broken carbide bits! man what kinda half-assed design is that even my old 67 mustang had the adjuster holes.. i just crawled under my 71 cutlass to check. yep its got the holes.. my 87 fs blazer had little scored ovals on the drums. a few minutes with a hammer and chisel and i had access to the star adjusters. .