My buddies 2008 forester, doing the drum brakes, the self adjusting fork seems to have excessive play. What's the issue here? In the pic I pulled the fork to fill the gap and it's about 1/2".

 

That's all screwed up adjuster Goes on bottom side ...

 

Well, no, it's not all screwed up. That's how they are supposed to be installed. Google searching "2008 Subaru Forester drum brake assembly" shows exactly this.. Figured out the issue anyhow- brake pads were just not seated fully/properly..

 

Google failed me cause that's what I did . My bad .

 

All good! At least you were offering help!