Rear brake caliper..., E-brake adjustment screws Options

[BMXerror]

Okay, here's the thing. I'm getting into my leaking brake caliper and I notice that neither side has the inner adjustment screws for the e-brake. I looked on Pelican for replacements, but all I found were the outer screws. Are they the same, or am I missing something? I would think that another part would be needed to turn that gear in there. Am I missing pieces, or am I just an imbecile? Thanks much.
Mark D.

[Eric_Shea]

8mm and 10mm reffers to the adjusters themselves. This is the threaded portion of the two adjusters shown in John's pictures. 8mm is for the 1970 through 1972 model calipers. 10mm adjusters are for the 1973 through 1976 models. Those adjusters pictured are for the "outer" pistons.

Mark found what he is looking for. It's the inner adjuster gear and yes, they are basically free floating in there. And... yes, this is why it needs the cover or "caliper plug".

So Mark, to answer your question; Yes, this is what Automotion calls the rear adjuster (It's actually the inner adjuster "gear". The rear adjuster is actually "inside" the caliper and not pictured.)

I have plugs and gears if you want them. The plugs we use are the best I've found. The ever so handsome Ed Morrow turned me on to them as a VW fuel filter plug. This is the same in appearance as the original however it has a much deeper hex seat and it's a 5mm hex vs. a 4mm hex on the original. What's cool about them? They're flat so you can install them (as you would the originals) prior to mounting the caliper. The 10mm variety some are selling are nice but, on many of our control arms they have to be installed after the caliper is mounted. Not a big deal, as they have to come off once the caliper is mounted but... you get the picture. What's also nice is, the 5mm deeper socket will not strip like "ALL" of the 4mm stock plugs.

The problem with the original ATE 4mm plug is, there is not enough surface area for the hex to engage to overcome the surface area of the threads, especially once x number of years of rust and road grime has set in.

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