Tighten my E-Brake (parking, adjust, park, emergency, handle)

[fat pat]

hey, ive done a search about e-brake tightening and they told me to look under the center console for a nut. I took off my console, and looked where my ebrake was, and didnt see any nut to tighten. Ive got a 1g, and it wont even hold me on my driveway which cant be more than a 2% grade. someone help me out, thanks alot

 

[90talon_Casum]

open your center console, then remove the place where you put your drinks.. under that there should maybe be a piece of cloth or something covering a hole, well remove the cloth/plastic. then there will be a square opening with 2 wires and this harness thing, there is a nut at the under side of the harness just tighten that a little and it should work..

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Kinda looks like that, just connect the broken lines. and the plus sign is the nut.:laugh:

 

[UndergroundR32]

Here's instructions for installing the symborski bushings. Look at the 6th and 7th pictures down and the accompanying instructions. That's your E-Brake adjustment.

Symborski Shifter Kit Install

 

[Defiant]

On a 2G, just yank out the ashtray/cupholder. Tightening the nut with your fingers is enough. You must have the e-brake off for this, duh.

And no more Ron Jeremy between the seats when you park.

 

[stocker97tsi]

just wondering how you adjust the tension on the parking brake, because mine is like straight up in the air and doesn't put much on the brakes...so i was wondering how you tighten that cable or whatever..thanks

 

[Killa_dsm]

Take out the center console and at the bottom of the parking brake you will see a nut. Twist that nut to tighten it up.

 

[EclipseTrbo420A]

when I was putting on my big brake kit theres also a screw you can mess with inder the rotor. tighten it and then loosen it 5 turns the directions said...

 

[SidewaysSupra33]

its a hill and my car slides even in gear so I put bricks in front of the tires. Will I get any problems from parking it on a hill its like 45 degrees I search and there is nothing on this

 

[DSMunknown]

First of all, fix your avatar.

Secondly, it sounds like your emergency brake line needs adjustment. Also, check the status of the rear brake pads and rear brake lines (for wear and leakage). And make sure the brakes have been properly bled. There should be no air in the brake lines. Doing these four things should help out significantly (unless you're parking on black ice).

 

[viperlp01]

bro 45 degrees is like a mountain. You live in new york not on mt. everest. And take out the cup holder and ash tray and adjust the little bolt on the screw that moves when you pull the e-brake. tighten that bolt and you will get a stronger e brake.

 

[turbosax2]

Here is how to adjust the parking brake.

 

[silvreclips]

Be careful when leaving your car in gear... If the car can roll back make sure its in reverse, if it can roll forward make sure its in a forward gear.

Having the car roll back in a forward gear turns the motor backwards which can put slack in the timing belt and make it skip teeth.

 

[Defiant]

geez u guys really are helpful not like some other fourms. Whats wrong with my avatar i like it. Yoko is the man

Perhaps. Around here, there's someone else you have to deal with.

 

[red97tib]

SidewaysSupra33, meet Defiant. He is pretty much a sadistic god with some weird sense of humor. Obey the rules and he will just taunt you, break them and he breaks you.

 

[brownfinger]

I'm pretty new around here, but I really have to add my two cents about the difference between 1G and 2G. A lot of confusion/misinformation gets propogated around here just based on whether or not the writer is more familiar with 1G or 2G. I've probably been the perp more than I've been the vic, but every day I'm blown away by how completely different the 1G is from the 2G. My case in point: the parking brake. 1 G has a P-brake built into the caliper, 2G has a drum built ino the hub. The whole system is different. Good advice/bad advice; checking the quicky profile on the left side of the post can make-or-brake(pun intended) whether your advice is any good or not.
My car is pretty much all original. My P's bought it new in '93. I've had access to it one way or another since then. The parking brake is one thing that has given me zero trouble in 16 years. It still keeps the car from rolling down the driveway on about 4-6 clicks. They are deffinately not the original calipers, but if your car needs adjustment on the cable, you really ought to inspect the system. It may have been "adjusted" by an incompetent idiot in the past, but these machines are getting OLD. Check the cables! Replace them now before you wish you did. My car is falling apart at an alarming rate, and it's perfectly normal. Most of the stuff I'm dealing with doesn't faze me because my ride has been kissing my ass for 15 years on a daily basis. It's entitled. I just think that a lot of our younger comrades might not appreciate the fact that their pride-and-joy is approaching antique status.
I guess I'm just going off because the thing is called an "emergency brake". If you need it and you don't have it...Emergency!.
Check the cables!
Mine is 16 years old, and works fine. If you are smart enough to use this web-site, then you are smart enough to bring your e-brake up to spec.
The adjustment hatch behind the drink-holder must be there to cover for cable-stretch, but if your cables are rusting into their sheaths, no amount of adjustment will fix it. You need new cables.
I feel that, as factory parts become un-available, engine -wise, we have no choice but to go full-custom, but body-wise, safety-system-wise, us old folks have to teach the young-ins some common sense.
Check your cables all the way to the rear axle if your e-brake is giving you guff. And keep a brick behind the passenger seat to chock the wheels when you park on a hill!
Any way, I'm done now. Thank You, and have a pleasant tommorrow.