Do you have to adjust parking brake when you do brake job???

Yeah I think so too. Just not sure what could be causing it. How did all the linkage look?

 

Oh I see what KdF could be saying, duh, my bad. Could just be that the cable needs more release room. You could try that lotus, and look at the backs of the drums to see if those pivots and springs have moved after the adjustment. Nice catch @KdF

 

Well couldn't figure out the why

But lifted truck
Backed the handle off

Now it's 8-9 clicks

Wheels rotate fine

E brake functionally fine

 

Linkage was fine

 

Exactly what I did

 

check the bell cranks

 

So, you did a front brake job and your p-brake handle doesn't pull as far now and works better than before? that is very weird. usually you have to do physical adjustments in order to get those results. is that ok? absolutely!

rear brake adjustment should be done semi regularly. and you should only have to pull out about 3 clicks for your parking brake to engage. so it's perfectly fine now.

the only thing I can think of is the fluid was so low that when you engaged the p-brake, it also pushed some fluid into the front calipers before fully engaging, however that is a VERY far fetched possibility. it would be more possible someone adjusted them properly without you knowing.

 

Yeah I never touched the rear

Fluid wasn't low but was dirty

No one touches my truck

It is the weirdest thing

But all is ok now

 

You are fine. When you did the front's did you press the calipers open? That forces fluid back to the resevoir. With this being done your front pads are now thicker being new so not as much fluid is going up front but, there is still the same amount of fluid throughout the system. Your rear is fine. If you want to adjust you can buy, if it's not dragging I would say not to worry

 

Appreciate it Frank

That makes sense on the fluid

 

Anytime bud.

 

Changing the front pads shouldn't have affected the parking brake. The last theory was what I was thinking, that pressing the calipers in might have forced the rear drum shoes out and they self adjusted tighter.

The rear drum brakes are supposed to self adjust each time you pull the parking brake. If they are loose then pulling the parking brake over and over will tighten them up to the correct amount. If they ever get overly tight, then they won't adjust and get looser. The parking brake only adjusts one way.

Did you bleed the brakes? Maybe pressing the brake pedal hard with the parking brake on caused the rear brakes to adjust a little tighter.

 

Yes I bled the brakes when I installed new master cylinder

 

You confused me. To bleed the brakes you need to open the bleeder valves in the rear but you said you didn't touch anything in the rear.

 

Not if he only bled the front

 

if he is having a weird issue where the rear's suddenly become properly adjusted without being touched, he really should bleed the entire system. hell, even inspect/change the rear shoes while he's at it.

 

Mmmm, can air introduced into the system at the master cylinder make it's way to the rear lines, while bleeding only the front calipers?

 

I'm kinda thinking every bleeder valve should be bled, even the rears though they were untouched, until the new fluid shows at each bleeder. There is a specific order to the bleeding as well. I believe it's passenger rear, driver rear, the lspv, passenger front and finally driver front.

 

can it? yes, if the master wasn't properly bled. me and a buddy changed the master in my honda and we didn't bleed the brakes at all. just bled the master. everything works perfectly fine.

 

Air in the lines causes a pedal to slowly got to the floor. Also the order as to which bleeder gets done depends on the brake system. How the lines are run.