How to tighten handbrake?

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:23 pm

How do I tighten my handbrake?
It's something that would be done on a garage service, but don't know how to do it myself.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:29 pm

I'm glad you asked...I've been meaning to myself. Mine also gets loose cuz I used it to break the rear lose for fun.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:37 pm

remove the back part of the mid consol... their is two screws, one on each side
you will find a 10mm bolt at the end of the ebrake cable... tighten it a bit more.
put every thing back in place and have fun.

MMamdouh

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:49 pm

Thanks. Is there a certain amount you should tighten it?

Slammed · Post by **Slammed** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:20 am

when you pull the ebrake 5 clicks should be enough to stop the car from rolling

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:07 pm

Done it now, thanks

Is it possible to tighten it too much, so that the brakes are kinda on when driving? That could be damaging.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:45 pm

i am not sure but i think that can be done... only way to check is to jack the car up and spin the rear wheels by hand when the e brake is not applied... the wheels should spin freely without much effort.

also if the ebrakes are engaged at all time you should notice that the car is a bit "heavier" while driving and the rear wheels will get too hot... a burning smell might accompany such setuation.

MMamdouh

NubiraDellwoo · Post by **NubiraDellwoo** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:35 am

norbie wrote:How do I tighten my handbrake?
It's something that would be done on a garage service, but don't know how to do it myself.

MMamdouh wrote:remove the back part of the mid consol... their is two screws, one on each side
you will find a 10mm bolt at the end of the ebrake cable... tighten it a bit more.
put every thing back in place and have fun.

MMamdouh

If it was only as simple... FYI to others on this issue

I had the same issue... went to adjust those nuts... and found out there wasn't enough thread to get the P Brakes to engage... I had to pull the hubs and manually adjust the parking brake pad assemblies out with the threaded adjuster (in which one was frozen and I had fun breaking that loose ) ... Then I couldn't figure out how to evenly adjust each side to match the other... I just did by feel... of how the pad was riding on the inside of the hub as I turned the hub... I got it done... but was a little off on the driver side and need to pull it again to readjust that side... But at least I got a P brake now...

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