Could anyone spring into action post and cut me a brake? See what I did there?

[dmjlambert]

Originally Posted by thedudeabides86

The adjuster lever is what's locking the adjuster into place? I can look at a diagram and see where the adjuster lever is in hopes to disengage it from the wheel to back the shoes off.

I put a screwdriver in the adjustment hole and use it to turn the adjuster wheel by pushing down on the wheel teeth to tighten the brakes, and push up on the wheel teeth to loosen them. If the lever prevents the wheel teeth from moving up to loosen (which it should), then you can shine a flashlight in that adjustment hole and look up in there and you will see the lever resting on the teeth. Stick a small screwdriver in there and just gently lift the lever from the teeth, then you can use a bigger screwdriver to turn the adjuster wheel. You get some dexterity exercise from this.