E-Brake Barely Works...
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E-Brake Barely Works...
Hey guys, I changed my rear calipers and pads about a week ago due to worn pads and stuck calipers and now my e brake barely works. When pulled all the way up it will slow the car down a bit while moving but not even close to locking the wheels in rain. It also has alot less resistance than before. Before it worked great and felt great, but now not so much. I bled the brakes and I can see the cable move a good amount when the lever is pulled. Maybe I turned the piston too far back in the caliper or maybe the brakes need to be bled better? I've put alot of miles on since with no improvement. I thought maybe the calipers would self adjust after a while but nothing seemed to happen. If anyone has any ideas or can help me out I'd appreciate it, thanks.
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I figured it moved as far out as it could (I mean it would have too, but at the same time I dont know these things for sure so i have to ask) so I will try adjusting the cable. Thanks for the help. Could you give me a brief description on how to do that?
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i had to do the same thing when i first got my car, (same thing, replace calipers and pads, parking break didn't work) it's a simple fix.
just some advice, if you read any directions on how to do it they say that you need to take off pieces of the trim to get to the adjusting nut, but you should be fine if you just take off the cover and do it with the handle all the way up
just some advice, if you read any directions on how to do it they say that you need to take off pieces of the trim to get to the adjusting nut, but you should be fine if you just take off the cover and do it with the handle all the way up
#12
i had to do the same thing when i first got my car, (same thing, replace calipers and pads, parking break didn't work) it's a simple fix.
just some advice, if you read any directions on how to do it they say that you need to take off pieces of the trim to get to the adjusting nut, but you should be fine if you just take off the cover and do it with the handle all the way up
just some advice, if you read any directions on how to do it they say that you need to take off pieces of the trim to get to the adjusting nut, but you should be fine if you just take off the cover and do it with the handle all the way up
Hell, in most cases the threaded rod has already worn it's own hole in the ebrake boot.
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considering you just replaced your rear pads and your e brake used to work fine i am going to assume you the piston is oriented wrong. the rear calipers have what looks like a + symbol on it and it is supposed to be oriented so it is straight up and down. in otherwords so it looks like + not x
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considering you just replaced your rear pads and your e brake used to work fine i am going to assume you the piston is oriented wrong. the rear calipers have what looks like a + symbol on it and it is supposed to be oriented so it is straight up and down. in otherwords so it looks like + not x
#18
I tired this earlier and it didn't make it any better.
Actually, now the ebrake light on the dash doesn't come on every time i pull it.
Is there any other cause/ fix for this problem?
thanks
Actually, now the ebrake light on the dash doesn't come on every time i pull it.
Is there any other cause/ fix for this problem?
thanks
#19
From here all you can really do is tear apart the rear brakes and look over everything.
#20
I didn't see where the parking brake light switch was. But the brake doesn't work any better either, so i think i'll have to check the rear brakes out.
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