- Sep 29, 2000
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brake1.jpg
brake2.jpg
brake3.jpg
Handbrake is burned out from driving with it on, but the pads still have something to them and the rotors are new. 04 MPV. How can I adjust the shoes to spring out a bit more? The cable, when pulled fully, has zero apparently impact on the shoes and certainly no braking.
Also, when I pull on the lever, the thing in brake3.jpg pulls back but the shoes themselves do not appear to move at all; I see no outward expansion of them, based on looking at the seam at the bottom of pic2.
TIA
EDIT:
hmm Maybe I need to spin that little cog looking thing, but the thing is pretty darn stiff. That must be it, though.
EDIT 2: Not sure how to adjust the cable still, but it wasn't necessary in this case. I turned the screw looking thing with some custom pliers (dremel cut off wheel to make nice teeth on the end) and turn it on each side so that the drum/shoe thing would separate out. I'd keep slapping the rotor on until it grabbed with no cable tension, then I loosened it a bit, and knew that that was the correct spot. I have a hand brake again! There is actually a port in the rotor to turn this with a flat head screw driver, but that's fantasy; once any rust/crud gets in there, forget that.
brake2.jpg
brake3.jpg
Handbrake is burned out from driving with it on, but the pads still have something to them and the rotors are new. 04 MPV. How can I adjust the shoes to spring out a bit more? The cable, when pulled fully, has zero apparently impact on the shoes and certainly no braking.
Also, when I pull on the lever, the thing in brake3.jpg pulls back but the shoes themselves do not appear to move at all; I see no outward expansion of them, based on looking at the seam at the bottom of pic2.
TIA
EDIT:
hmm Maybe I need to spin that little cog looking thing, but the thing is pretty darn stiff. That must be it, though.
EDIT 2: Not sure how to adjust the cable still, but it wasn't necessary in this case. I turned the screw looking thing with some custom pliers (dremel cut off wheel to make nice teeth on the end) and turn it on each side so that the drum/shoe thing would separate out. I'd keep slapping the rotor on until it grabbed with no cable tension, then I loosened it a bit, and knew that that was the correct spot. I have a hand brake again! There is actually a port in the rotor to turn this with a flat head screw driver, but that's fantasy; once any rust/crud gets in there, forget that.
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