Adjust parking brake
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Adjust parking brake
Anyone know how to adjust the parking brake so that i don't have to press all the way down to the floor? I hear there's a way to adjust it.
I've driven my mother's GS and her parking brake is tight....only need to press 1/2 way down.
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Pete
I've driven my mother's GS and her parking brake is tight....only need to press 1/2 way down.
Thanks in advance.
Pete
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I don't know the details, but it has to do with the rear rotor hat.....the rubber grommet needs to be removed and pointing downward....then you stick a flathead screwdriver in there. I have no clue after that. Do you need to do this on both sides?
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bumping up this old thread.....anyone know how to tighten it? Seems like my parking brake is loose....I can press it down to the floor.
My mother's GS...its pretty tight....only need to press half way down and its good to go.
My mother's GS...its pretty tight....only need to press half way down and its good to go.
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There's a fly wheel at the 6 o'clock position...behind the rear rotors...remove rubber grommet....use a screwdriver....spin down to tighten....spin up to loosen.
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1) make sure car is in neutral
2) secure car so it wont move around, its easier on a hoist
3) jack rear up (both rear wheels need to be up in the air)
4) take off rear wheels
5) if rotors were installed right, the peekthrough hole for adjusting the parking brake would have been aligned with the hole on the hub. the hub spindle would have the 5 lug bolts sticking out with this 1 hole in the hub offset outwards a little between 2 of the lug bolts. the rotor should have this matching hole when installing.
6) with car in neutral, rotate rotor until that peekthrough hole is aligned downwards
7) expose rubber plug, just pry it off with a flat head screw driver or a mini pick
8) with flat head screw driver facing flat horizontal, stick in hole.
9) what you are essentially doing is rotating a cog wheel with teeth. you are going use the flat head to push paddle the cog wheel downward or upward. this will extend horizontally the resting position of the parking brake pads. i believe rotating the cog wheel downward should expand it horizontally thus pushing the parking brake shoe outward slightly, resting closer to the rear rotors inner drum.
10) keep adjusting. you know you've adjusted enough when you take the screw driver out, and try to spin the rear rotors. they should just slightly freely spin. if they spin too easily then the parking shoe is sittting too far from the drum, if it doesnt spin freely enough, then you are going to be dragging the brakes.
11) you need both rear wheels up because of the testing and spinning of the rotor.
thats essentially it.
things worth noting. parking brake shoes are essentially drum brake shoes. they usually only come with 4mm of braking material max unlike say a brake pad, which usually is anywhere from 12-14mm of brake material on fronts, and 10-12mm material for rear brake pads.
if your gonna do this, i would even say, before making any adjustments, take the rotor off completely exposing the rear brake shoes and hardware. spray everything down with some brake cleaner., then put the rotor back on and do the adjustments.
2) secure car so it wont move around, its easier on a hoist
3) jack rear up (both rear wheels need to be up in the air)
4) take off rear wheels
5) if rotors were installed right, the peekthrough hole for adjusting the parking brake would have been aligned with the hole on the hub. the hub spindle would have the 5 lug bolts sticking out with this 1 hole in the hub offset outwards a little between 2 of the lug bolts. the rotor should have this matching hole when installing.
6) with car in neutral, rotate rotor until that peekthrough hole is aligned downwards
7) expose rubber plug, just pry it off with a flat head screw driver or a mini pick
8) with flat head screw driver facing flat horizontal, stick in hole.
9) what you are essentially doing is rotating a cog wheel with teeth. you are going use the flat head to push paddle the cog wheel downward or upward. this will extend horizontally the resting position of the parking brake pads. i believe rotating the cog wheel downward should expand it horizontally thus pushing the parking brake shoe outward slightly, resting closer to the rear rotors inner drum.
10) keep adjusting. you know you've adjusted enough when you take the screw driver out, and try to spin the rear rotors. they should just slightly freely spin. if they spin too easily then the parking shoe is sittting too far from the drum, if it doesnt spin freely enough, then you are going to be dragging the brakes.
11) you need both rear wheels up because of the testing and spinning of the rotor.
thats essentially it.
things worth noting. parking brake shoes are essentially drum brake shoes. they usually only come with 4mm of braking material max unlike say a brake pad, which usually is anywhere from 12-14mm of brake material on fronts, and 10-12mm material for rear brake pads.
if your gonna do this, i would even say, before making any adjustments, take the rotor off completely exposing the rear brake shoes and hardware. spray everything down with some brake cleaner., then put the rotor back on and do the adjustments.
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