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Old 01-11-2005, 03:51 PM   #1
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Default 97 GT wagon handbrake adjustment?

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I had the brake pads replaced and a full flush. My handbrake has next to no grab. How do I adjust this?

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Old 01-11-2005, 04:03 PM   #2
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If you remove the center console I think you can adjust it there or if it was anything like the truck I had you can adjust it from under ther car.
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Old 01-11-2005, 04:05 PM   #3
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Never done it an a subaru...but I'd assume its the same setup with any car...

you need to find the linkage that goes from the lever to the rear of the car...underneath the car, probably near the driveshaft...some where along the line you'll notice two cables hooked together(as I recall it is where the cable splits to goto the two rear wheels). You can adjust it here. Make sure it doesn't stop the car in gear & moving with the lever dis-engaged though or you may be in for a headache down the road.

Good luck...and try to find a friend with a lift to help
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Old 01-11-2005, 04:53 PM   #4
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Nothing involved with a regular pad change should have affected the parking brake. It's a drum brake setup that hits the inside of the rear rotor "hat" area, completely seperate from the calipers.

Did you have the rear rotors replaced? Is it possible that somebody messed something up back there?

If this issue existed before the brake work, then there is a simple cable adjustment at the lever that'll tighten it up a bit.

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Old 01-11-2005, 06:57 PM   #5
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Here is my experience in other cars:

One way to tell your rear drum pads are getting down is that the handbrake loses tension as the pads shrink. New pads fix this.

Another car with rear discs require you to back a nut off in the rear caliper that self tightens as the pads shrink.

Another car as the simple cable stretch issue - just tighten the nut on the cable.

Handbrake was not holding, installed new pads and expected the handbrake to work. Does not.

Thanks for the help.
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Old 01-11-2005, 10:20 PM   #6
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First check the adjustment for the small brake shoes that operate the parking brake. There's an adjuster you can get to through the backplate. If the parking brake still has too much slack, there is a cable adjustment at the lever. You do this from above, after removing the center console. The Haynes manual covers this fairly well.
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Old 01-12-2005, 01:28 AM   #7
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Excellent Advice. Thank you!
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Old 01-13-2005, 12:02 AM   #8
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Your brakes are pads and rotors/discs.

Your e brake is a drum/shoe type.

Replacing pads does nothing for your shoes.
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Old 01-13-2005, 12:21 AM   #9
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Interesting. Is the shoe a standard part or a Soob dealer order part?

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Old 01-13-2005, 12:34 AM   #10
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Interesting. Is the shoe a standard part or a Soob dealer order part?

Thank you.
Either one works. I have not replaced my E brake shoes in the 133+K miles I have owned my car.

Actually, I expect I will never have to replace them due to wear.

Now, I will admit I expect to have to adjust my e brake at some point.
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Old 01-13-2005, 11:30 AM   #11
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Your brakes are pads and rotors/discs.

Your e brake is a drum/shoe type.

Replacing pads does nothing for your shoes.
Read the thread much? I'm pretty sure I already said that:

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Nothing involved with a regular pad change should have affected the parking brake. It's a drum brake setup that hits the inside of the rear rotor "hat" area, completely seperate from the calipers.


I had the same results as Charlie- In ~145,000 miles, I never had to replace the parking brake shoes on my old '97 GT. I did tighten it up once at the lever.

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Old 01-16-2005, 03:38 PM   #12
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KD7000, yes, I read your post.

It seemed as though there was some confusion, I did a more simplistic response.

Notice his followup comment regarding shoe sourcing??

Not picking, just making sure the original poster understood.
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Old 01-16-2005, 08:08 PM   #13
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First check the adjustment for the small brake shoes that operate the parking brake. There's an adjuster you can get to through the backplate. If the parking brake still has too much slack, there is a cable adjustment at the lever. You do this from above, after removing the center console. The Haynes manual covers this fairly well.
Good advice. Sometimes if the rotor needs to be removed this star adjustment washer has to be backed off because rotor drum wear creates a lip at the inside edge of the rotor that the parking brake shoes catch on when trying to remove the rear discs. Its the gross adjustment. I tighten it until I get tension and then back it off a bit, then make finer adjustments(if necessary) at the console.

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