Hand brake setting

mackruss · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:42 am

Hi Folks

I have jacked the rear and want to adjust the handbrake which is now almost useless, I have adjusted the cable from the front on a few occasions to tension the hand brake but I think its time to do it on the drum itself. Which direction do i turn the adjuster to tighten if i'm underneath and looking at the slot.

Billwill · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:08 am

mackruss wrote:

Hi Folks

I have jacked the rear and want to adjust the handbrake which is now almost useless, I have adjusted the cable from the front on a few occasions to tension the hand brake but I think its time to do it on the drum itself. Which direction do i turn the adjuster to tighten if i'm underneath and looking at the slot.

Do a search here for Parking Brake.

The handbrake is supposed to be self-adjusting from within the handle mechanism itself. There have been some tips on how to fix the problems with the brake...you may find some onfo if you search it.

I saw on another Jeep forum that some owner sprayed some Q20 on the levere mechanism and that fixed his problem...I do not know how true that is.

mackruss · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:21 am

Billwill wrote:

mackruss wrote:

Hi Folks

I have jacked the rear and want to adjust the handbrake which is now almost useless, I have adjusted the cable from the front on a few occasions to tension the hand brake but I think its time to do it on the drum itself. Which direction do i turn the adjuster to tighten if i'm underneath and looking at the slot.

Do a search here for Parking Brake.

The handbrake is supposed to be self-adjusting from within the handle mechanism itself. There have been some tips on how to fix the problems with the brake...you may find some onfo if you search it.

I saw on another Jeep forum that some owner sprayed some Q20 on the levere mechanism and that fixed his problem...I do not know how true that is.

That's what the manual says but at some stage you need to check the brake linings and adjust on the drum, there's a littele grommet that you remove and a wheel that you either adjust left or right to tension the hand brake with the wheels both off the ground so you can adjust without too much resistance.

Drewd · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:24 pm **Posts:** 902

You may want to pull the rear wheel off and rotor to check the parking brake shoes. Mine were crumbling at 60k miles.

Randy B · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:44 pm

I would pull the rotor's and check the shoes, mine was broken, lining off the shoe around 55,000 miles. Also the adjusters are self adjusting, well that is what they say. I have seen the adjusters get stuck, frozen as well. Also if memory is correct there is adjustment on both cables I think. When I replaced the parking brake shoes I replaced all the hardware as well. Adjusters too.

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:20 pm

Inside adjustment and then a link in the link to the brake adjustment
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19141&p=187268&hilit=parking+brake#p187268

Hoosier CRD · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:34 pm

Mine has issues too; I need to check it out. Thanks, ATXKJ for the link.

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