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Originally Posted by pokeyman
You need to turn upward toward the floor of the truck
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If you're turning the adjuster from the back side, which is what he has to do because it sounds like the drum is locked on there pretty tight, he needs to turn the wheel downward not upward to loosen the brakes.
But, you don't have to know what way to turn it if you understand how these brakes work. Without pushing the auto adjuster plate away from the wheel of the adjuster, you can only tighten the brakes from the backside. You can't loosen them. So, whatever way you can turn it, that's tightening and the other direction is loosening. In order to loosen from the back side, you need to push the adjuster plate away from the wheel with one screwdriver while turning the wheel with another screwdriver of similar tool.