Chrysler Voyager hand brake problem

Hi

1998 Voyager has failed its inspection on "hand brake low" - anyone got any links or information on how to adjust it?

Thanks for any help Ian

Reply to
w3it
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adjust your rear brakes, and this should correct your low hand brake problem...

Reply to
jed

"Adjusting the rear brakes" is partly right, the park brake is self adjusting, so first you have to take the slack out of it, You'll need a pair of visegrip pliers Go under the van, grab the park cable and pull, with the pliers pinch the cable somewhere ware you can lock it on the body. Now adjust the rear brakes, (they are also supposed to be self adjusting), now release the park brake cable, go inside the van and put park brake and off until you have a firm pedal.

Reply to
utrechtman

The proper way is to adjust the rear brakes FIRST, like has already been mentioned. You DO NOT need to pull on the cables. Yes, the rear brakes should be self adjusting, but they don't always work properly. If, after properly adjusting the rear brakes, the hand brake is still low then adjust the cable. Most of the time a simple rear brake adjustment will correct the problem.

Reply to
Mike

Mike wrote: The proper way is to adjust the rear brakes FIRST, like has already been mentioned. You DO NOT need to pull on the cables. Yes, the rear brakes should be self adjusting, but they don't always work properly. If, after properly adjusting the rear brakes, the hand brake is still low then adjust the cable. Most of the time a simple rear brake adjustment will correct the problem.

Sorry Mike, there is no adjustment on the park-brake cable, the reason you have to pull and jam the cable is you pull back on the self adjusting park-brake mechanism. So that after properly adjusting the rear brakes and releasing the jammed cable, you adjust the park-brake by stepping on and release a number of times the park-brake self adjusts.

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utrechtman

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