e-brake cables

[spina74]

My ebrake is very hard to pull up, I was told that my cables are probably stretched. Is there anyway to check which ones bad rather than just simply replacing both?

[jam01]

it will require you to jack up the rear of the car, pull both wheel's and rotors. check for cable movement and how the adjustment's are on the park brake shoes. follow the cables and look for adjustments.

[Featherburner]

Originally Posted by jam01

it will require you to jack up the rear of the car, pull both wheel's and rotors. check for cable movement and how the adjustment's are on the park brake shoes. follow the cables and look for adjustments.

I don't think there are parking brake shoes. They just use the existing brake pads.

[jam01]

Originally Posted by Featherburner

I don't think there are parking brake shoes. They just use the existing brake pads.

my 02 has them, third gen used the brake pads. but he still needs to trace the cable's to see what if anything is binding or broken..

[deadtrend1]

Originally Posted by jam01

my 02 has them, third gen used the brake pads. but he still needs to trace the cable's to see what if anything is binding or broken..

Lt1's don't have seperate brake shoes like LS1's.

Is it tight to pull up all together? How far up does it go?

[spina74]

its goes up about 2 clicks, then it feels like if I yank it the cables are going to snap

[MyFirstZ]

the ls1 and 6's use a hat stlye rotor with shoes on the inside for the e brake

did you just have brakes done or anything where they might have adjusted the parking brakes.

when you pull up does it at least work properly and hold the car ? and e-brake shouldnt go to high. Mine needs to be adjusted badly it goes about 90*

i know my shoes are adjusted just my cable needs to be, you might need a little of both.

a little slack on the cable and to bring the shoes out a little

[deadtrend1]

Originally Posted by spina74

its goes up about 2 clicks, then it feels like if I yank it the cables are going to snap

if it stops the car from rolling then its not a big deal. If it concerns you that much, go under the car above the driveshaft and loosen up the adjusting nut on the main cable.

Originally Posted by MyFirstZ

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when you pull up does it at least work properly and hold the car ? and e-brake shouldnt go to high. Mine needs to be adjusted badly it goes about 90*

i know my shoes are adjusted just my cable needs to be, you might need a little of both.

a little slack on the cable and to bring the shoes out a little

good luck i tried that with mine. It goes up 90* and I just decided to live with it.

[MyFirstZ]

lol il replace cables if i need to next time i bring my car in at work i will check it out and take some pictures if i can get it to work and what i did

[spina74]

it doesn't hold the car at all, and if one brake is engaging, its not enough to hold it...the brakes were replaced recently but about 800 miles prior to the ebrake not working.