I'm tightening the nut tight until the wheel is locked up then I back off til the wheel turns freely.
The spring , shoes, & all brake components are new, however the new cam bolt thread is much shorter and cross threaded that opens the shoes. I need to re thread that bolt. In the meantime of lock tited it and its set but not ideal.
I must say some of the items I've been buying from hitchcocks have been substandard. I replaced many nuts in bolts etc that were pretty rubbish. Washers bending easy , the replacement cam bolts and nuts are soft and a horn I bought from them didn't work.
I'm going to focus on minimising movement down near brake pedal and also the brake arm.
Hmmmmm.
Loosening the brake adjustment allows it to unlock?
Is it possible you have the adjustment set too tight?
Personally, I like my rear brake to start to work with about 3/4 of an inch of pedal travel but when I first got it the dealer had adjusted it so it didn't do much unless I moved the pedal at least 1 1/2 inches.
With this in mind, how far do you have to move the rear brake pedal to get it to start to get hard to push?
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