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Old 03-30-2010, 04:16 PM
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How to adjust park brake

I have crawled under my truck and for the life of me I can't figure out how to adjust the park brake. Can anyone help?
 
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Old 03-30-2010, 04:53 PM
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Not sure about these trucks but on my f150 there was a rubber cap on the back side of the rear breaks. I pulled off the cap and there was a round screw in there with horizontal lines on it that you could use a flat blade screw driver to move to adjust it.
 
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Originally Posted by utjer
Not sure about these trucks but on my f150 there was a rubber cap on the back side of the rear breaks. I pulled off the cap and there was a round screw in there with horizontal lines on it that you could use a flat blade screw driver to move to adjust it.
That is not the park brake adjuster that is the rear brake adjuster for brakes still using shoes.
 
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Parking brakes on our trucks do use shoes.
 
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Parking brakes on our trucks do use shoes.
True, but I have not noticed the above mentioned rubber plug to adjust them. Only on the main shoe brake adjustments. If I am wrong please feel free to correct me.
 
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Old 03-30-2010, 06:31 PM
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Parking brakes on our trucks do use shoes.
That was what I was going to say. IIRC there is also an adjustment on the cable itself. Should twist with a bolt on each end to thight and loosen the cable.
 
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This is what I find in my service manual.
 
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That is it. The arrow is point at the access hole to the parking brake adjuster screw.
 
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