krdshrk

I'm not saying you're gonna kill the fluid... I KNOW the ebrake is cable operated. I'm saying you're gonna heat up and wear out the ebrake fast...

Paul34's post made it sound like he wanted to pull the ebrake all the time while braking.

paul34

whoa wait, sorry for the ambiguity in my post! When I said stronger brakes, I was referring to the drum parking brake, not the foot brake.

The handbrake system was what I wanted to be stronger, so that it wouldn't just barely hold the car on inclines.

seems my post has caused much confusion

mike6789k

not if you dont tighten it TOOO much... if you just tighten it a little bit, but enough for a noticable difference, you arent causing any more friction.

web

Well, I hope this post helped people find out how to do it.

Good luck. PM me any questions if you have them.

Spect2K3

So what have we decided with this thread? Is it okay to adjust the parking brake from the cable inside the car or better to adjust it at the drum?

If it's best to do it at the drum, does anybody have any pictures to clarify exactly where we are talking about tightening? (i'm a visual learner :D)

web

Both ends will attain the exact same result and both are safe. There wouldn't be an ability to adjust it from both ends if they insisted that it only be done at the rear. I've had mine adjusted from the handle for 20K+ and it stills feels just as tight as when I first did it and I use my ebrake EVERY day for parking. 6 clicks and it's fully locked.

web

Here's my DIY:

Very easy... http://www.clubsciontc.com/forum_thr...djustment.html

Spect2K3

Thanks. You're the man!

rippintC

is it normal for one side to have a bit more resistance than the other? maybe due to some rust on the rotors or something?

i'm doing this right now and the passenger side has more resistance than the drivers side. even when fully loose it has some resistance, unlike the drivers side.

i have fully loosened each side, then fully tightened both sides and lastly backed each side off 3 - 5 clicks.

full lock on the ebrake is around 9 - 10 clicks. i would like to make it a little more tight tho, around 7 - 8 clicks.

just don't want to create any drag so wondering if this is normal, thanks

SW_08

def looking into doing this

sciontc_mich

drag you can hear as a WHOOSH sound as you rotate the brakes around. you could apply 1 more click to each side, and that should get you to 7-8 clicks.

the resistance could be rust on the adjuster, depends on where you park, if one side gets more weather, etc. if it gets bad enough where it wont move, the adjuster can come out and be cleaned/lubed up. are you talking the adjuster has resistance? or the brake doesn't move freely when loosened up all the way? might need to be loosened more maybe at the factory they didn't set both to the same amount of clicks?