pitmanr200

i was on a incline and tested my ebrake. it didnt hold car at all. how can i tighten it up?

pingu

The parking brake cable is adjusted in the rear near the caliper. There is a spring that you tighten. If you have the service manual it should tell you. It is difficult to explain it over the internet.

pitmanr200

dont have it yet. do i have to take wheel off or can you reach it by just jacking it up...

pitmanr200

nobody has done this and know if wheel has to come off or a diy with pics.

dxb_8788

try to pull the e/brake padel on ur left side then press and release the e/brake several times with ur leg
this will not adjust ur e/brake but its a temporary sulotion

pitmanr200

ok but i need to fix it. i have a little steep driveway now. do you have to adjust it on both rear tires. What if one side is tighter than other?

lxgs4

take the wheels off and on the face of the rotor there is an access hole. with a flathead screwdriver you should be able to turn the star wheel inside and adjust your parking brake.

gs-ireland

Here you go:

1. Remove wheel,
2. Locate small hole on brake disc between 2 lug nuts (May be covered with rubber grommet)
3. With a torch shine in and look for a star shaped wheel (the side is facing you with about 20 grooves). It is located with the hole between 5o'clock and 6o'clock position on RH side and 6-7 o'clock on LH side
4. Insert flathead screwdriver and move wheel step by step (from my experience its moved in the hardest direction)
5. Keep going until the pads lock-up the disc moving (If its more than 10-15 clicks you went wrong way)
6. Loosen the star-shaped wheel 3-4 clicks.
7. MAKE SURE DISC TURNS FREELY!!!!
8. Repeat on other side.

Now for inside the car:
1. Get a 10mm deep reach socket
2. Find nut between e-brake lever and dashboard.
3. Tighten until it takes 5-7 clicks to fully engage the break.


Sinmple.......

pitmanr200

thanks. sounds easy enough.

VipDout

iTrader: (4)

should be same for the 99 gs400 .. will do this when the car gets out of paint shop ...

thanks gs-ireland

Trav7414

I tried the instruction mentioned above yesterday. Somehow I couldn't find the the start shaped wheel on the RH side(passenger side) and the hole is between 12 and 1 o'clock. The LH side is correct at 6 and 7 o'clock, so I only was able to adjust one side but not the other side. Any idea?? This is on an '04 GS430.

For the inside the car adjustment. I don't understand what that does? I tighten the nut, but couldn't tell the different.