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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by hondajunky1982
baking up to ajust the rear is correct but you would have to back up to china for this to acctually work properly it only takes a couple of minutes to take off the tires and ajust and clean them just a star nut you can usually adjust by hand
I never made it to china but accomplished it in a parking space. It depends on how poorly adjusted they are. You also have to remove the drums which can be a PITA if they haven't been removed in a while. Doing so will set the adjustment properly and from then on, backing up will work just fine.
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