Hello,
Often when I take my Evo and that I leave it a few days without rolling, I have the brake hand, finally the back brake pads remain stuck.
Is this normal?

 

Mine stick a little bit too if it has been sitting a couple of days and it rained or snowed out. They break free right away when I start moving. Seemed normal to me.

 

Yeah this is normal. Mine sits for weeks at a time. When I let the parking brake down and go to move, it almost makes a clanking noise from the brakes where the pads are breaking loose. Dont worry about it

 

ok thank you guys

 

I also have the impression that when I tighten the brake hand I must draw thelever very high.
Must I regulate it?
Moreover it does not seem to brake very much.
A solution?

 

Remove the center console and adjust the cable. Its a total of 2 screws and 2 plastic clips.

 

Do you have a pic of this?

 

If your pulling the hand brake that high, its best that you adjust the parking brake drums. It will not do you any good to adjust the center console bolt. Its very easy to do.

 

Ok so this is what your going to do. Place two blocks on the front wheels because your going to lift the evo using your diff as your lift point. You need to have both rear wheels in the air to do this.

Remove your wheels. You do NOT need to remove your caliper and rotor.
Remove the small piece of rubber covering the access hole on your rotor.
Turn the rotor until the access hole is at the very bottom.
Inside you will see a star like screw that needs to be turned counter-clockwise. That's means pushing the bottom of the screw in.
After a few clicks, try and turn your rotor. Continue until you can't turn the rotor.
Once the rotor is unable to turn, loosen the adjuster 3 or 4 clicks.
Now go and do the other side.

Remember to reinstall the rubber access cover on the rotor and put your wheels back on. Remember to torque your wheels to 75 foot pounds (100 newton meters.)

Now try your hand brake.

 

THIS!!


Why people continue to do it from the center console boggles me. Granted, the cable may stretch a bit, but I have ALWAYS done it from spindle behind the rear rotors, as stated above.

 

 

Omg thanks i didint know that one i was gonna undo the whole thing!!!!

 

From the factory my parking brake had very little holding power. I could back out of my driveway and not notice it was applied. After years of driving I finally needed new rotors and while in there I decided to adjust the parking brake. Night and day difference.