I changed the rear brake pads today, after i did it the e-brake doesnt seem to be catching as much. Is there a way to adjust this with out tearing apart the whole drum assembly again?

 

If the [drum??] rotor surface was not resurfaced and still with grooves, takes time [actually not time but some hard braking] to pads wear down to 'fit the surface'.

Wires not rusty?

 

No the wires fine.... I was thinking they might have to be worn in a little

 

Cables were worn out while u replaced pads? Boy u have speedy kids playing...

No, not really But u have nice white turn sig covers. Want a pair...

 

drums? you might want to adjust the star wheel adjuster to get the shoes as close to the drum as possible without them dragging, if that doesnt help, theres an ebrake adjustment nut under the center console/armrest

 

drums with pads, real exotic stars
stars with drums, real exotic pads
pads with stars, real exotic drums
goodnight etcetc

 

I think I have to drink more or mabye less to understand you sometimes

 

im pretty sure all the 3rd gens either drum or disc have a self adjusting e-brake so just pull it up and down a bunch of times and it should adjust it self

 

Try to understand xxx fist, translate to me: Tell me how youre gonna fit pads into drums. Pics pls

 

well he said drum assembly so i thought maybe he said "pads" on accident instead of shoes

 

i tried it...didnt work

 

I've been shot here for such huge miss stakes so I thought i'd have fun with innocent ppl. But maybe this time I'll walk to my boat with my pads...

 

I guess the maxima isn't like GM cars, where you adjust by going in reverse and hitting the brakes?

 

Most drums like nissan have got the self adj screw: after shoes wear off, theyll ratchet one step nearer w/o any special driver action.

 

it doesnt work with my e-brake...so you are saying there is a screw to tighten the cable??? it does work, just not very well,

 

sorry what does not work:
- Drum brake adj?
- Disc brake Adj?
- Hand brake wire adj?

Hand brake wire adj is between front seats.

 

ok, the screw, is it attatched to the hand brake, under it, or what??? and is it clockwise or counter-clockwise that you turn it....i was thinking that the hand brake was like a ratchet, drive backwards and pull hand brake repeatedly to tighten..got any pics of that screw wiking, or anyone???

 

So far not been screwed with my max. I suppose poor pics available, search via my CDomain Favorite Links -maybe/and/or- autozone.com manual.

 

ok, thanks wiking