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I have the weekend clear. My husband is gone -- so no second-guessing. I WANT to adjust the parking brake. I ordered the Chilton manual nearly...
I have an '04 Prius that needs the parking brake adjusted (i.e. travel reduced on foot pedal). I do all my own routine maintenance on cars and...
I've been working on my wife's 2007 and got around to the parking brake which goes all the way to the floor. It's always engaged kinda low but...
Lots of posts and threads here about adjusting Gen 02 parking brakes with rear drums but nothing about the all wheel disc brake Touring Model....
:( I first adjusted the parking brake some 40K ago. Was never that happy with it afterward, but it worked better than it did before I adjusted....
Cleaning and adjusting the rear brakes will only affect the parking brake if they also adjust the parking brake linkage. The crazy/funny thing...
Ah, a question I can answer, since I asked it in June. Short answer, no.....cleaning and adjusting the rear brakes will not adjust the parking...
Might want to check that the adjusters of the rear brakes are doing their thing. Drum brakes can have different types of adjuster, "reverse...
Another question while I have the forum's attention......when discussing this stuff with my wife this morning she told me that the parking brake...
You really should use your parking brake on a regular basis, at least once a week. The rear drums have a self adjuster that basically turns the...
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:unsure: QUOTE: "...my parking brake wasn't doing an adequate job of adjusting the drums" I believe tha "parking brake" has nothing to do with...
Yes and yes.
Yep I agree. Before I started on here I had no idea about the self adjustment however as a result of this forum I am a bit wiser to the matter. Do...
I should mention that the rear brakes are self-adjusting by design, so as long as they are working as designed, you shouldn't ever find them out...
Toyota literature talks about two different drum brake adjuster designs: the "reverse travel adjuster" and the "parking brake adjuster". As you...
It sounds like 2 separate problems. 1. Parking brake needs adjusting. (brake system rear only cable adjustment) 2. Parking pawl is getting worn...
Sounds like the parking lock mechanism got disengaged some how. This is assuming you did NOT put the car into neutral. FYI, it is a good safety...
about 2 months in, i felt the brake prdal get soft half way, then hard again, .. seems normal now. fluid came down in res a bit. brake accum...
Old-time PriusChat member hobbit also did a detailed write-up of how the rear adjusters work, with lots of pictures. Self-adjusters He also...
