Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it my snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com....thanks
Have you checked the rear shoes? If they have excess wear they won't hold.
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the parking brakes?
The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: N>Hi Mike, Danny, could have some big problems if the emergency brake lever can not return to it's park possition, allowing the shoes to set on their anchors:
Yes, at this point he might need to dismantle the rear brakes to reset the lever or star wheels into their slots. Just depends on how far everything pulled apart when he 'adjusted' the cable.
Mike
"L.W. (Bill) Hughes" wrote:
OK... Thanks.. I will back off on the cable and try to adjust them the way you described...Again thank you for your help.
~Danny
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