I work for toyota lol and drive a mitsubishi lol i asked a mechanic how i could tighten my e brake. He said drive backward and pump it will this do the trick or do i need to screw something????

 

Driving backwards will do nothing for your parking brake. You have to pull out the center console and adjust a nut on the p-brake cable.

 

Fords and GM trucks are adjusted by driving backwards.. Show what they know

 

If that doesnt do the trick you'll have to bleed it, or adjust the drum by taking the back tires off and spinning the adjuster knob.

<Vehicles with rear drum-in disc brakes>

1. Pull the parking brake lever with a force of approximately
200 N (45 pounds) and count the number of notches.

Standard value: 4

2. If the parking brake lever stroke is not the standard value,
adjust as described below.
(1) Remove the rear console assembly

(2) Loosen the adjusting nut to move it to the cable rod end
so that the cable will be free.

(3) Remove the wheels.
(4) Complete air bleeding of brake circuit.

(5) Remove the rear wheel hub plug, and then use a
flat-tipped screwdriver to turn the shoe slack adjuster in
the direction of the arrow (the direction which expands
the shoe) so that the disc will not rotate.
Return the shoe slack adjuster 4 notches in the direction
opposite to the direction of the arrow.
(6) Turn the adjusting nut to adjust the parking brake lever
stroke to the standard value. After adjusting, check that
there is no space between the adjusting nut and the
parking brake lever. Check that the adjusting nut is
secured with the nut holder.

(7) Release the parking brake and turn the rear wheels to
check that the rear brakes are not dragging.

 

My last service on the car they just did it anyway, nice and tight, probably doesn't lift as much as 2 inches.

Great for bootleggers

 

If it only needs a small amount of adjustment, it's easier to just adjust the cable under the center console.

 

yeah just pop open the arm rest and take out the 2 screws... remove the arm rest part of the center console.... then at the end of the lever there will be a nut 10mm i think that u can tighten.

 

how high does your parking brake lever go? mine lifts pretty high and the car moves a little when i take my foot off the brake(nothing major). its been doing it since new and has been adjusted by the dealer once.

 

The car will always move a hair when you set the parking break. The problem only comes when it keeps moving Cow Town Racer's post has the info you need to know how high the brake lever should go.

 

i know the car will move some what i mean in my old es i only had to lift the brake lever up a lil for the car to stop this on i have to pull it almost verticle

 

that sounds like its pretty outa whack, your probably going to have to go through all the steps i provided. But try tightening that bolt first.

 

i just took my console apart to give it a whirl but i believe the nut is threaded on all the way, my 10mm wrench was just stripping it. also there is a clip that i think hold the cable on the cam?? and that looks like it prevents the nut from threading more also? anyone know what im doing wrong?

 

the adjsutor under the console is under the rubbery flap type thing that covers the e-brake handle. so lift that up and give it a few turns and check. it kinda clicks every 1/6th turn.

if you had my case.. i had to asjust it at the rear wheels. so if you have to do that, pull off the rear wheel and on the front of the brake disc you'll see a black rubber plug. pull that out. looking at the left rear disc, the adjusting collar will be on the 7 o'clock position. use a flach light and check, it's a collar with spikes sticking out. adjust using cow town's instructions with a flat head screw driver. do the same to the right side, it will be in the 5'o clock position though.