Rear brake adjuster slips

[Zoldman]

All,

 

My e brake was "gone" when I bought this car; I guess the guy b4 me decided he didn't want it and took most of the under car hardware off.

 

I have scrounged around and got it all working again, but have a problem with the pass side rear adjuster when I pull on the brake handle.

 

When I'm pulling on the handle, the lever or bar that pushes on the adjusting wheel will rotate the wheel a bit, then pop off and move up and over the wheel. When I push the handle back down, it pops back into position on the wheel. I does this every time.

 

It also rotates the adjuster wheel every time the handle is pulled, like the brake needs adjusting, but it does not. It will keep rotating the adjuster till that drum is almost locked with the brake off. The other rear does not do this.

 

What the hey is going on here? Do I just need to bend, lube, and check again? Or is this something common? Could not find anyone else posting about this when I searched........

 

Thanks

 

Bill

[mom'sZ]

Bill:

here is a link to an old thread that in post #16 I posted two links to some issues guys had had years before me with the e-brake. Here's a link to that thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=110381

 

In the first linked thread bjhines (post #6) tells about how to adjust the rear drums using the parking brake. Here's a link http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread...hlight=e-brake

 

That might not help you. But in the second linked thread Wayne Karnes explains in post number 2 how the automatic adjuster work and how to fix em. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread...ighlight=brake

 

Good luck

[Zoldman]

Mom'sZ,

 

Thanks. I think I read one of those, but the others are new to me. I should be able to find the answer in there somewhere.

 

Anyone else?

 

Bill