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Hello boys, please can you advise how to repair, or remove/replace rear drum brake adjuster ?? managed to strip the head of the 17mm bolt on the backing plate

Thanks in advance !!

Edit: does sb know if self-adjusting rear wheel cylinders suitable for E21 exist ??

I cut the manual adjusters off and fitted e21 518i brake shoes and auto adjusters...You might not need to replace the e21 shoes with e28 shoes . I did because i bought the whole thing to offer up as a fix for the same problem ...
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=34&fg=10

Mr Edd, thanks a lot !! I will definitely look into it ! Are any other modifications necessary, like different springs for shoes ?? many

I just cut the manual adjusters off and fitted all the e28 parts straight on .... used the e21 brake cylinder and handbrake cable it all went together quite easy..

sounds good !! Thanks again !