Emergency Brake Trouble

[caseyrstewart]

Hello all,

 

I recently purchase a new E-brake lever on Ebay because my old one would constantly release unexpectedly. I've never had a working emergency brake on my truck, so I figured while I was spending the money, I'd just go all out. I went through the trouble of running all new brake cables to the equalizer and hooked them up to the rear brake drums. I adjusted the equalizer and the flywheel on both rear tires.

 

For some reason the passenger side now works perfectly when I engage the E-brake, but the drivers side does not. There's still lots of play in the drum with the brake engaged. I've adjusted it several times and can't seem to figure out what's going on. Any thoughts?

[Andy in Pa]

The problem is probably inside the drum then.  Better take both apart and compare what is going on there.  Could be a broken spring or maybe the lever the cable attaches to is not attached correctly..

[Vakarian]

Where did you get your E-brake lever? I haven't had the time to figure out how to repair my hand after the wire snapped.

[Warren Mohler]

when replacing cables rear shoes should be adjusted while the cables are backed off then adjust nut for parking brake I always adjust so lever has no less than six clicks of the lever, if initial adjustment is hard to obtain rear drums may need resurfaced

[COM86]

The little wire thats inside the drum has to be routed a certain way. Double check.