clickclickclick sproingy [E-Brake trouble]

[talonofdeath]

clickclickclick sproing. now my ebrake doesnt work.

ive done some researching online, and from what i understand there are 3 cables.

one from arm to equalizer, and 2 from equalizer each to one of the rear wheels.

is there a way of troubleshooting which cable might have gone?

my brother had this problem over the summer on his car (93 celica gt) and his manual says that one side of the ebrake holds the car from rolling forward, and the other backward. im sorry but that seems rather retarded, wouldnt they both just hold the wheel..? (if this is the case, with the brake up, car will roll both ways) there is also no tension when i pull it now. none.

i was poking around whilst searching on here a minute ago, and someone had this problem and someone suggested adjusting the cable under the cup holder

kinda useful link

i was talking to my physics teacher about this, the day after it happened since hes really intelligent, and he studied automotive engineering anyway. he disagreed with my brothers theory, and said that since i heard the noise, it was likely the one from arm to equalizer.

thanks in advance; thanks a lot.

p.s. turbos love the cold air outside. holy craap.

 

[Insearchofatsi]

i had that same problem when i first purchased my car. Adjusting the screw underneath the center console solved it for me. Now i have other ebrake problems (unrelated).

 

[talonofdeath]

ok update.

i now know a lot more than i did before.

i pulled out cup holder and carper piece in there.

the arm to equalizer is fine.
the passenger side cable is fine
the driver side cable is loose.

it didnt know id be able to tell that much from that view... but i could.

so now... anybody in the southwest ohio area wanna help me fix this? . yeeaah...

anyone done this and have some advice? now that i know exactly what im doin...?

thanks again
-talonofdeath

 

[BUCK]

Either your E-Brake cable is bound up OR your rear brake Caliper E-brake Actuator is bound up - Isolate & identify which & fix it - Both problems are very common.

 

[GTM]

Originally posted by talonofdeath

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i was talking to my physics teacher about this, the day after it happened since hes really intelligent, and he studied automotive engineering anyway. he disagreed with my brothers theory, and said that since i heard the noise, it was likely the one from arm to equalizer.

Your physics teacher was probably right. _Usually_ emergency brake cables don't need adjusting ... maybe 1 or twice in their life. You can mask (hide) a lot of problems by adjusting them. It would be best if you look at the actual brake mechanism to determine where, why and how you got all this extra slack in the system. Fix this and then if necessary re-adjust. Un-even pad wear, frozen rusted parts, broken parts, missing parts will more likely be the source. This is not to say that you can't run over something and stretch or damage the cable, just pretty rare.

Cheers,
GTM