How can I adjust the e-brake so the pull is shorter? I found a few threads on this, and I know there's a service manual on this. But i'm a little confused by the instructions.

Do I have to remove the rear wheels in order for me to adjust the pull?
(I think somebody mentioned I only had to do this if I want to recalibrate my e-brake, like if it wasn't grabbing properly or something.)

Or can I adjust the self-locking nut only?




I want to know because our e-brake sucks **** and it's like I have to attempt to pull that **** out of the console for it to grab. I want to slide... the e-brake work's fine for parking tho.

 

trust me... KEEP it stock!! i tried to mess w it when i did my rotor//brake install... it just gets way too jumpy when it's short and also slides back.

 

aw..

Do you mean the car slides back when you normally park using e-brake? My car does that now..maybe it's just loose.

I don't get what you mean by jumpy though.

 

in the manual it says it needs to "click" 7-9 times.. so i guess that's what u need to set it at. anythin shorter than that and it just gets messy..

 

your cars as well as mine all have a drum e'brake set up inside the rear rotors. well when the shoes (pads on drum brakes) wear, then the e-brake handle needs to be pulled further for the shoes to compensate for the worn pad area that is no longer there. all you have to do it adjust your ebrake shoes for a closer fit with the inside surface of your rear rotors (both sides). Once you do that you will immediatly find that your ebrake only needs about 4 clicks and it works great. If your shoes aer work too low, less then 2mm left on either one of the pad surfaces, then you need to replace the shoes with new ones.

 

same here I gotta pull the damn thing out of the center console before I stop rolling back.

 

So when you say drum e-brake shoes, do you mean there are a separate set of pads for the e-brake? So those pads that are on the INSIDE of the rotors are worn? Every time I pull on the e-brake I hear it squeal like normal brake indicators (pads going out), and it takes a lot of force to lock the rear wheels. The e-brake shoes wearing out might make sense why it takes a lot of forcing, and the noise.

How would I adjust the ebrake shoes to fit closer to the rotors? Is this common knowledge with this type of e-brake? I might have someone take a look at it.

 

The squeel is not necessarily indicating that the shoes are completely worn, they mayb just worn half way and the brake dust trapped inside the rotor is creating the squeel. U need to remove ur rear rotors give the shoes and the inside of ur rotors a good spray down with break clean. Apply brake grease on the contact points of the shoes to the backing plate ( should be 3 points per shoe ), just pry the shoe away from the backing plate with a flat head screw driver and slap a lil brake grease on the backing plate, then between the two shoes there will be a star adjuster. It will spread the shoes wider if rotated in one direction and bring them closer together if rotate it in the opposite direction. U need to set the shoes so that u can wiggle the rotor over them with a little effort. Do all this to both sides, and then check how ur e-brake lever feels if ur still getting more then 5 clicks before it gets nice and thight, then u can still adjust it more with the star wheels. doing this will surelly resolve ur squelling and parking brake holding problems.