How to adjust shoe clearance after installing new brake shoes?

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I just finished installing new brake shoes on a 1997 Y10 Nissan Wingroad. The image below is from the service manual and shows the page with installation instructions (starting about halfway down the page).

Under INSTALLATION (halfway down the page) it says, "Always perform shoe clearance adjustment. Refer to BR-35."
At the bottom of the page (number 9), it says, "Adjust parking brake. Refer to BR-35".
The section on adjusting the parking brake (BR-35) is attached below:

In videos I've watched online they all said to manually adjust the clearance using the star adjuster until the shoes are just touching the drum and then back off the adjuster a few clicks.

Jupiter · Answer

First adjust the shoe clearance by adjusting the star wheel as shown on the first diagram you sent. Adjust so that the shoes lightly contact the drum then back off a couple clicks. Then adjust parking brake at handle per instructions from your second diagram. These are two separate adjustments.

Answered by Jupiter on June 21, 2021

trond hansen · Answer

The adjustment of the parking brake handle is separate from the brake shoe adjuster inside the drums.
You can adjust the clearance brake shoe/drum a bit when you put the drum back on,the drum should slide on quite easy.
The rest of the adjustment is done by pulling the parking brake handle and then pressing the brake pedal down while you release the parking brake handle then take your foot off the brake pedal and pull the parking brake handle(repeat as many times as it takes to get the brakes to function properly(you should be able to hear a ticking sound when you release the parking brake handle if the adjuster works as it should).
When the adjustment of the shoe/drum is done you can adjust the parking brake handle IF you need to do it.
Trust yourself YOU can do this!!

How to adjust shoe clearance after installing new brake shoes?

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