tool choice help needed

[Boatcarpenter]

Need some help.
What do you use to loosen and then retorque to 80 to 110 lbs. ft. the jam nuts on the lower front brake adjusters. Can't seem to get any sockets on that I currently have in my toolbox.
Jam nuts are numbers 8 and 10 in the picture.
Thanks for any advice.
BC

 

[doghead]

IIRC, I used a 3/8" drive crows foot with a 6 inch extension.

I may have just used an open end wrench, at a slight angle(and held the 2 flat sided adjustment with the crows foot). I can't remember for sure.



Either way, I'm sure I "torqued by feel" (some reasonable experience helps).

 

[Boatcarpenter]

Thanks DH,
Was hoping that was the solution. It's a nice adjustment system, just hard to execute.
BC

 

[doghead]

Also, I have found, setting the shoe to drum gap, at all 4 locations, at .015" and not making a final adjustment, works well for me.(as opposed to the TM settings of .020" and readjusting, as the TM outlines).