Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

It couldn't be simpler, take off the rear wheels one at a time and on the hub you will see a plugged up hole for the handbrake adjustment.

Unplug the hole and with a flat head screwdriver turn the small gear inside up or down depending on the way you need to adjust the handbrake.

I cant remember if up or down is tighter or not but you will soon find out by trial and error.

Make small adjustments and get the handbrake to about halfway between the current position and the desired position. Once youve done that, put that wheel back on and take the other wheel off and do the same to the other side until the handbrake now comes on at the desired height.

or you can do it the easy way and just using the in cabin adjustment. need a ratched, extension and 10mm socket. simply lift the handbrake up half way, stick the socket in the gap and tighten to tighten and loosen to loosen if you know what i mean.

pretty much every car i've look at regardless of drum, or calliper handrake have an adjuster nut under the handbrake handle. i would say with a 10mm socket, extension and ratchet you could do it in about 3 minutes.

pretty much every car i've look at regardless of drum, or calliper handrake have an adjuster nut under the handbrake handle. i would say with a 10mm socket, extension and ratchet you could do it in about 3 minutes.

i thought this method was only for "fine" tuning and to take up the slack after you did the rear wheel business...

hmm learn something new everyday

they have both.

if the handbrake isn't tight enough because the shoes are worn, you need to use the adjuster on the drum brake. I don't think sklyine rear brakes have a self adjuster mechanism -- which cars with rear drum brakes have - so i think this is why u have to manually adjust them.

If it's just the cable has stretched abit and you want less clicks, you can probably get away with the incabin adjustment.

It's best to do it at the wheel if its seriously out of whack and do the in-cabin adjustment only if its a minor thing.

Sometimes you might have to do both especially if you've frigged around with the wheels on and off enough for one day you can finish the job off with the adjuster inside.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • LOL, when one "money pit" is never enough Noice, and excellent work mate
    • I have more than enough digging, laying blocks, moving gravel, airrating, feeding and top soiling the grass, and setting up the veggie gardens growing some seedlings,  and then removing all the unused rock to keep me busy for the next few months at least,  hopefully the rain stops soon so I can get a few hours in this arvo, but, before that Sunday is washing day, is every body happy, you bet your life we are Nice country road day drives are a day off whenever I'm muscle sore from all the landscaping at the moment, but, more epic multiple day drives will start once the majority of the big jobs outside are completed
    • I hear that would involve some nice country road drives into the hills for Mark...
    • I thought I'd come back and add something I JUST learned. A Toyota LandCruiser with a 1HZ, mates perfectly with a bottle of Nulon brake fluid. As in, it perfectly screws in. Great make shift funnel when you cut the bottom of it off. This may work for your Corolla.   Unfortunately, tipping a 10L drum is much harder than a 4 to 6L bottle, and they no longer include the easy pour tap which was just perfection to use previously.  
    • Guys since i bought r33 gts25t coupe 1994 automatic a/t(manual swap 350z gearbox)  all i got is problems, always problems. Lets start with that when i turn key into ignition(ON) fuel pump doesnt always works. Sometimes i have to turn key twice Off/on/off/on until it primes. Its new, dw300 - 340lph. My gearbox broke so i did gearbox swap, install different intake manifold, injectors and i take pipes. Car was sitting in garage for more than half a year. I did assembly all not that long ago and when i turn ignition cant hear prime. All of sudden it stopped working. Theres many videos on YouTube how to make relay mod on r33 straight from battery so i did and it doesnt work! 😰 30 - battery positive  87 - positive from fuel pump to relay 85, 86 - one of two wires from original fuel pump wires(light blue, grey) and it didn’t work. so I check on ignition and took original BLUE relays wires from trunk, next to fuses. (I believe it’s IGN+ and ECU pin 18. it didn’t work…  tried connecting (IGN+ from og relay) and (ECU 104 from 1of4 FPCM wires) to my new relay 85/86 and it didn’t work.  I unplug FPCM. Didn’t work. im thinking what’s wrong   fuel pump is working, if I leave IGN+ on 85 and 86 straight to ground it works but it’s just nonstop. Since it getting constant 12v after key in ON. light blue wire gives me 6-8v.  so how this should be connected? What causing ECU not giving — on pin? Or I did sth wrong and that’s why it doesn’t work? I need negative signal on ECU that control fuel pump. What this should be?
×
×
  • Create New...