2007-10-18 07:11:57 · 3 answers · asked by Joey C 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Toyota
Eric is definitely on the right track. You don't want to adjust the e-brake until you know the shoes are adjusted correctly. When you insert the screw driver into the backing plate, rotate the "gear", or star wheel, so that the side closest to you goes up. In other words, stick the tip of the screw driver under the bottom edge of the wheel and lever it upwards. Do that to both sides. You should raise the truck to do it so that you can gauge how tight you get them. Be sure to put it on stands or something safe. Or, if more convenient, you can pull the wheels, and the drums and turn the gear until you can just barely get the drum back on. That will be close enough to hold well.
Hope this helps. godBless!
2007-10-18 15:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by toyodave 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you crawl underneath the back end. First, just above the axle near each end is a hinged metal arm with a cable attached to it. These are the parking brake actuator arms. Make sure each of them moves freely. Then look under the axle, at the bottom of each brake backing plate just behind the wheel. There's a little hole and inside is a gear. This adjusts the preload on the rear brake shoes. I don't remember which direction is which but if you turn it with a screwdriver, the direction it's more difficult to turn moves the shoes out closer to the drum. You want to turn them a little in this direction, but no so much that the brakes are dragging all the time. If you lift the tire off the ground, you can tighten the brakes until they just start dragging.
If the rear brake shoes are really worn, the parking brake could have a hard time grabbing. In this case, put some new brake shoes on there.
2007-10-18 14:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by Eric P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get out ur shop manual...get under truck and look at it....see the cable? see the ajuster?
2007-10-18 14:22:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋