Brake System; Rear Drum Brake Shoes; Adjusting Rear Brake Shoe-To-Drum Position - Mazda 1983 RX7 Service Manual

ARTICLE BEGINNING
1983 Brakes
MAZDA
GLC Wagon, Pickups, RX7
DESCRIPTION
Brake system is hydraulically-operated, using a tandem
master cylinder and power brake unit. Front brakes are floating
caliper disc. Rear brakes on most models are leading/trailing drums.
Floating caliper rear disc brakes are available on RX7 as an
option. Proportioning valves are used on most models to prevent
premature lockup of rear wheels.
ADJUSTMENT

REAR DRUM BRAKE SHOES

GLC Wagon, RX7 & Pickups
1) Raise and support rear of vehicle. Release parking brake.
Remove rear wheel. Through the hole in the brake drum of the GLC
Wagon or on the backing plate of all others, remove the star wheel
plug. Insert a flat-tipped screwdriver, and move the star wheel
forward until the wheel is locked. See Fig. 1.
Fig. 1:

Adjusting Rear Brake Shoe-to-Drum Position

2) On all backing plates, remove the pawl lever hole plug.
Insert a flat-tipped screwdriver through hole. Push on the pawl lever
self-adjuster, so the star wheel may be moved in the reverse
direction.
3) Back off the star wheel about 3 or 4 notches, so the

BRAKE SYSTEM

Article Text
1983 Mazda RX7
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