adjust e.brake

Anybody know how to adjust the e brake on a 2nd gen. Everywhere i've looked talks about 1 gen and to drive in reverse and hit the e brake which seems like it could damage something pretty bad so that is automatically out of the question!!

 

Adjust your rear brake shoes

 

The cable adjuster is in the console under the cupholder on manual trans trucks, same place on autos but I think the panel is different. Just ahead of the storage bin in the console, anyway. Make sure the rear shoes are adjusted properly first, the only reason to need to adjust the cable is for streach. The shoe adjustment takes care of all wear.

 

I did this awhile back.
I got both rear wheels off the ground, truck in neutral, make sure wheels spin freely without e-brake.
Set e-brake to 3 clicks and adjusted cable to where there is a lot of resistance when trying to turn one of the wheels. The resistance at the wheels will be different from each other, use the one hardest to turn.
Release e- brake and make sure both wheels spin freely - very important
Make minor adjustments from there if you need to.

 

sounds like a plan to me
thnx guys

 

They have an Automatic Adjusting Device.

If you use your parking brake when you park and just pump the brakes when you are backing up, you should never have to manually adjust them. Only when they are replaced.

 

I have yet to see a Toyota vehicle with "automatic" adjusters actually do their job. Every brake service requires rear shoes to be adjusted.

 

I thought we were talking about adjusting the e- brake?
The OP never said anything about changing the shoes recently.
Jesus this place is full of armchair mechanics

 

Lol on an automatic like mine its called a "parking brake" on a manual its an "e-brake" or so im told by toyota maybe i got em mixed up but yes i was talking about the e brake

 

Thanks for your input. What does the e-brake cable pull on? Rear brake shoes! What wears as your use your brakes? Rear brake shoes! I guess working as a tech for Toyota makes me an armchair mechanic.

E-brake, parking brake are the same thing the cable does not require adjustment unless your cable has stretched you must adjust rear brakes prior to adjusting the cable. The "automatic" adjusters do not adjust properly that is one of the reasons Toyota recommends a brake service be done every 36,000 km

 

Thnx for the info
since you have been a toyota mechanic, quick question if you dont mind? have you ever seen or hears of rear wheel bearings leaking on the wheel speed sensor??

 

What's leaking on your speed sensor? Gear oil should be kept out by axle seal and the wheel bearing grease usually doesn't leak out of the bearing.

 

The two methods that work on various vehicles are EITHER applying the brake firmly while backing up, or normal application of the parking brake.

 

I have not had to adjust my rear brakes in probably 800,000 miles (except when replacing the shoes).
My '67 Chevelle was the last vehicle I owned that needed adjusting.

 

No, They have always worked as designed for me. Maybe it's you. You should only have to adjust after a shoe replacement.

Emergency brake, Parking Brake are the same thing. It just depends on what you want to call it. ( note: I am not referring to the parking pawl inside of the transmission. ) I am talking about the rear brake shoes that are actuated when you apply the parking brake / emergency brake.

They are the same thing regardless of what you call them. Manuals have the pull up lever to the right of the steering wheel. The automatics have the pedal above the footrest on the left side of the steering wheel. The automatic adjusters will work if you allow them to. The only reason you should ever have to adjust the cable is for cable stretch. And the brake adjuster in the wheel is when the shoes are replaced.

 

Hog wash. Do you have a reference for Toyota saying the adjuster do not work?

Please share.

My first Toyota was a 1966 Toyota Corona Purchased in 1973 and I have been driving Toyota since then. I have never had to adjust the rear shoes on any of them except when I replaced the rear brake shoes.

Maybe I've just been lucky?
No the adjusters work when operated properly.

 

Well mine just goes all the way to the floor with no tension what so ever so i would say that needs adjusting lol

 

Grease is leaking on he wheel speed sensor. When i pull off my wheel hub there shouldnt be any grease or gear oil?? causee that is what i saw when i pulled off the rear wheel hub. toyota told me that my wheel bearings were leaking onto my wheel speed sensor but all i saw was gear oil i thought it was odd to see gear oil there but the mechanic that was helping me said it was normal

 

I guess the op, 99% of our customers and I are all idiots.

Gear oil on your wheel speed sensor is not normal and a sign of a failing axle seal. Has the axle seal been replaced in the past? They may not have replaced the wheel bearing and you have residual oil coming from the bearing.

 

No axle seal hasnt been replaced but the gear grease isnt on my wheel speed sensor just the hub when i take off wheel speed sensor looked like it some dirt on it but it was fine. They didnt replace anything they just told about it and i tries replacing myself but didnt know when you pull the rear wheel hub and bearings out the whole axle comes with it so i just put all back together