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How do you tighten a parking brake cable?

How do you tighten a parking brake cable?

This bolt tightens the cable leading to the rear brakes. Tighten the bolt by a few turns and then check the parking brake cable. Check the brake by pulling the lever up and feel for tightness. Keep tightening the bolt until the proper tightness is achieved.

How can I adjust my emergency parking brake?

The first thing that you will need to do to properly adjust your parking brake is to test it. Go to a hill or a road that slopes and get the emergency brake set on. Make sure that you pay special attention to when it becomes engaged. You should begin to notice it working when it is about a third of the way pushed in or pulled.

How often should I tighten my parking brake?

As you are doing this, see if you can tell any difference in when your emergency brake begins to engage as you press down or pull on it. You may end up needing to repeat tightening your emergency parking brake more than once. Make sure that you do not tighten it too much as it could cause damage to the actual brake.

What’s the best way to adjust a parking brake shoe?

Most of the time – but not always – you will want to turn the nut counterclockwise to provide slack in the cable system. You do not want the cables to become slack and loose. You only need enough slack in the cable system so that they are not pulling on the rear shoe parking brake adjuster.

This bolt tightens the cable leading to the rear brakes. Tighten the bolt by a few turns and then check the parking brake cable. Check the brake by pulling the lever up and feel for tightness. Keep tightening the bolt until the proper tightness is achieved.

Where is the adjustment bolt on the parking brake?

Raise the boot up until you can view the adjustment bolt. Step 1: Adjusting the parking brake. The adjustment bolt will be located on the parking brake lever. This bolt tightens the cable leading to the rear brakes. Tighten the bolt by a few turns and then check the parking brake cable.

As you are doing this, see if you can tell any difference in when your emergency brake begins to engage as you press down or pull on it. You may end up needing to repeat tightening your emergency parking brake more than once. Make sure that you do not tighten it too much as it could cause damage to the actual brake.

Most of the time – but not always – you will want to turn the nut counterclockwise to provide slack in the cable system. You do not want the cables to become slack and loose. You only need enough slack in the cable system so that they are not pulling on the rear shoe parking brake adjuster.

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Ruth Doyle