I rebuilt the rear calipers but........, the right side outside adjuster just spins Options

[roadster fan]

Hope someone can help (Eric Shea? are you out there?). I rebuilt the rear calipers on my 71, and went to adjust the venting clearance on the right side and ran into a problem. The adjuster on the outside half just spins without pushing out the piston. I am guessing I assembled it incorrectly but when putting it back together I swear everything was working (2 weeks ago), now it just spins. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Hope someone comes up with easy solution, or else tomorrow off it comes and I will tear it apart and check it out.

Oh, by the way, thanks Eric Shea for the rebuild write up in the Classic Forum, could not have done it without you.

Jim

[davep]

I assume you are turning it in the correct direction.
Does it spin easily or with significant effort?
Did you reassemble the internal mechanism correctly and get it seated in the groove? If it is not seated in the groove then you have to adjust it until you hear it snap into place. With some effort you can get the whole assembly to spin within the piston, but if so, I'd have to say you did not do the rebuild correctly. Both Eric and I put a lot of effort into the rebuilds so that the customer does not have these problems. Lots of custom tools and trick required, and tons of experience. Even then it is not a trivial matter. Each caliper takes hours to disassemble, clean, and reassemble.