Emergency Brake
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Emergency Brake
Has anyone dissabled the auto adjust on the emer brake? I'm gonna do it if it kills me. I'm tired of the brakes getting tight and warping the drums.
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I did it on my 96. I agree with you, the auto adjust had them far too tight, and "heat treated" the rear drums and shoes. I was worried about it cooking my axle seals, so I took the thing apart and disabled the spring on the auto adjust.
The end of the circular clockspring for the adjuster is hooked under a pin on the ratchet wheel on the e-brake handle. Take it loose from that, and then you can adjust the ratchet by hand whenever it gets to the point where ther's too much handle travel.
The end of the circular clockspring for the adjuster is hooked under a pin on the ratchet wheel on the e-brake handle. Take it loose from that, and then you can adjust the ratchet by hand whenever it gets to the point where ther's too much handle travel.
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I found out how to do it by accident. LOL I took the e-brake handle loose from the floor, because I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to release the pawl so it would loosen up. In the process, I had taken the clockspring off the pin, and couldn't get it back on.
That's when I discovered that it worked much better with the spring disconnected from that pin. I just put it all back together and left it like that. Now I can take a small screwdriver and adjust the ratchet a tooth at a time if it gets loose.
There's not much room beside the seat to do it with the handle bolted down, but it can be done. Take the cover off and take a good look at the adjusting ratchet. With some manipulation, you should be able to push the spring off the pin, and then you're good to go.
That's when I discovered that it worked much better with the spring disconnected from that pin. I just put it all back together and left it like that. Now I can take a small screwdriver and adjust the ratchet a tooth at a time if it gets loose.
There's not much room beside the seat to do it with the handle bolted down, but it can be done. Take the cover off and take a good look at the adjusting ratchet. With some manipulation, you should be able to push the spring off the pin, and then you're good to go.
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