E brake question
02-09-2012, 05:47 PM
#7
To adjust the parking brake, jack up the rear of the G to get both rear tires off the ground, support with stands.
Remove both wheels.
Remove small rubber plugs from rotor hats.
Once the plug is removed, rotate the rotor such that when looking through the newly created hole (by removing the plug) you can see the parking brake adjuster wheel.
Rotate the wheel until it doesn't move anymore using a brake spoon or Flathead screwdriver. Try to rotate the rotor now, if the rotor still moves, then you have rotated the adjuster the wrong way, turn it the opposite way until it won't turn anymore, check again.
Once the rotor is not moving anymore, back off one click at a time until the rotor starts to move again. From this point, back off the adjuster another 3 clicks. Repeat on the other side (driver's side or passenger's side). Apply and release the parking brake a few times - make sure the rotors can still be moved with the parking brake unapplied. You should hear mostly a quiet rotation with an occasional rub - this is because the shoes float in the rotor hat and some small amount of occasional rubbing is normal.
Lift up the parking brake lever one click, and try to move both rotors, you should feel some resistance now and you want to make sure it feels similar on both sides. Proceed by lifting up a second click and again check to make sure both sides have the same amount of resistance. After another click or two, both rotors will be very difficult to move. At this point you have adjusted the parking brake.
If the lever to set the parking brake still has excessive travel, only then should you remove the interior finisher cover and adjust the cable adjusting nut for the parking brake - adjusting the parking brake nut before properly adjusting each set of shoes will not only adjust the brake incorrectly, but can make it difficult in the future to properly adjust the shoes.
Remove both wheels.
Remove small rubber plugs from rotor hats.
Once the plug is removed, rotate the rotor such that when looking through the newly created hole (by removing the plug) you can see the parking brake adjuster wheel.
Rotate the wheel until it doesn't move anymore using a brake spoon or Flathead screwdriver. Try to rotate the rotor now, if the rotor still moves, then you have rotated the adjuster the wrong way, turn it the opposite way until it won't turn anymore, check again.
Once the rotor is not moving anymore, back off one click at a time until the rotor starts to move again. From this point, back off the adjuster another 3 clicks. Repeat on the other side (driver's side or passenger's side). Apply and release the parking brake a few times - make sure the rotors can still be moved with the parking brake unapplied. You should hear mostly a quiet rotation with an occasional rub - this is because the shoes float in the rotor hat and some small amount of occasional rubbing is normal.
Lift up the parking brake lever one click, and try to move both rotors, you should feel some resistance now and you want to make sure it feels similar on both sides. Proceed by lifting up a second click and again check to make sure both sides have the same amount of resistance. After another click or two, both rotors will be very difficult to move. At this point you have adjusted the parking brake.
If the lever to set the parking brake still has excessive travel, only then should you remove the interior finisher cover and adjust the cable adjusting nut for the parking brake - adjusting the parking brake nut before properly adjusting each set of shoes will not only adjust the brake incorrectly, but can make it difficult in the future to properly adjust the shoes.
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02-09-2012, 07:40 PM
#11
I didn't just pull that out of my butt. It works on my older Nissan car so I threw it out there. If it didn't adjust the brake there is no harm done. But I just wanted to clarify that I was not 100% certain that it would solve his problem. I was only trying to suggest something that could possibly help and couldn't hurt.
Last edited by Black Betty; 02-09-2012 at 10:51 PM. Reason: typo
08-27-2012, 04:30 AM
#15
To adjust the parking brake, jack up the rear of the G to get both rear tires off the ground, support with stands.
Remove both wheels.
Remove small rubber plugs from rotor hats.
Once the plug is removed, rotate the rotor such that when looking through the newly created hole (by removing the plug) you can see the parking brake adjuster wheel.
Rotate the wheel until it doesn't move anymore using a brake spoon or Flathead screwdriver. Try to rotate the rotor now, if the rotor still moves, then you have rotated the adjuster the wrong way, turn it the opposite way until it won't turn anymore, check again.
Once the rotor is not moving anymore, back off one click at a time until the rotor starts to move again. From this point, back off the adjuster another 3 clicks. Repeat on the other side (driver's side or passenger's side). Apply and release the parking brake a few times - make sure the rotors can still be moved with the parking brake unapplied. You should hear mostly a quiet rotation with an occasional rub - this is because the shoes float in the rotor hat and some small amount of occasional rubbing is normal.
Lift up the parking brake lever one click, and try to move both rotors, you should feel some resistance now and you want to make sure it feels similar on both sides. Proceed by lifting up a second click and again check to make sure both sides have the same amount of resistance. After another click or two, both rotors will be very difficult to move. At this point you have adjusted the parking brake.
If the lever to set the parking brake still has excessive travel, only then should you remove the interior finisher cover and adjust the cable adjusting nut for the parking brake - adjusting the parking brake nut before properly adjusting each set of shoes will not only adjust the brake incorrectly, but can make it difficult in the future to properly adjust the shoes.
Remove both wheels.
Remove small rubber plugs from rotor hats.
Once the plug is removed, rotate the rotor such that when looking through the newly created hole (by removing the plug) you can see the parking brake adjuster wheel.
Rotate the wheel until it doesn't move anymore using a brake spoon or Flathead screwdriver. Try to rotate the rotor now, if the rotor still moves, then you have rotated the adjuster the wrong way, turn it the opposite way until it won't turn anymore, check again.
Once the rotor is not moving anymore, back off one click at a time until the rotor starts to move again. From this point, back off the adjuster another 3 clicks. Repeat on the other side (driver's side or passenger's side). Apply and release the parking brake a few times - make sure the rotors can still be moved with the parking brake unapplied. You should hear mostly a quiet rotation with an occasional rub - this is because the shoes float in the rotor hat and some small amount of occasional rubbing is normal.
Lift up the parking brake lever one click, and try to move both rotors, you should feel some resistance now and you want to make sure it feels similar on both sides. Proceed by lifting up a second click and again check to make sure both sides have the same amount of resistance. After another click or two, both rotors will be very difficult to move. At this point you have adjusted the parking brake.
If the lever to set the parking brake still has excessive travel, only then should you remove the interior finisher cover and adjust the cable adjusting nut for the parking brake - adjusting the parking brake nut before properly adjusting each set of shoes will not only adjust the brake incorrectly, but can make it difficult in the future to properly adjust the shoes.
So glad I decided to look here first... I was replacing that black coin pocket where the cup holders are (they barely qualify as such...lol), and saw the parking brake tension nut and was thinking about tightening it a little as I have a little overtravel on my e-brake...
I should try to do this first then, thanks for the instructions!
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