DARKONE
CEG'er
Im having A problem engaging my parking brake. Its real loose, I cannot use my break when in Neutral I have to put car in gear. Can anybody give me a lil info on how i can possibly fix this problem.
Thanks im gonna try to tackle it on my own.Youre looking for the line that connects to the "banana" looking U dealio on the caliper.
First remove all those cheezy healtshield bolts off.
You must drop the mufflers down off their respective hanger.
Put a bucket under each one to brace the fall, they are kinda heavy.
Take one hanger at a time, spay some wd-40 on the hanger or soap or whatever to slide the bracket/muffler off.
then you must remove the heat shield. (of course)
Then you have a great access at the lines.
The Equaliser that is attached to the handle and Ebrake cable, pulls back to give you some slack. Pushing down on the handle a wee in the car helps to unlock it. Just pull back towards the rear bumper to give some slack.
Take the Ebrake cable off equaliser.
Remove other end of cable from Caliper.
Reinstall new cables.
There is better how to on this somewhere. But basically its pretty straighforward man.
Whatever you do, DO NOT remove the handle to give you slack. Keep it bolted in place. If you bought some cables and the dont fit quite right, they are too small. You WILL be able to simply pull back on the equaliser to get them darn cables on.
Reinstall Id say, if I remember right, EQUALISER FIRST...Then attack the CALIPER.
The NAPA ones come with Heavy duty zipties. But maybe you could attach a couple more some places.
Good luck if you decide to take on this mission. You really wont need it lol.
Get a second opinion on those cables at your local brake shop if you have a spare minute, get a quote type of thing. and watch how much youll save yourself, or not. lol.
Some additional help from Autozonelink.
http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/1b/d9/47/0900823d801bd947/repairInfoPages.htm