EBrake Issues

[pkmcd99]

I have a 2003 R50, 3.5l, I recently noticed my ebrake does not hold well anymore. I pulled the drums and the brakes are great. How the heck do you adjust the ebrake cable?

[frecklecolouredbrain]

you have 2 options.

 

1. find an empty parking lot. the trick is tromp on the gas for about 50m, then brake HARD. Really hard.

 

2. if that don't work. you'll have to get under your rig and findthe point where the main cable splits off to each drum, and where the left and right cables go into each drum. Then it's just like adjusting the hand brakes on a bicycle.

[keelhaul]

There is an adjuster nut under the ebrake lever. you have to remove little plastic piece directly under lever and use 10mm deep socket with extension. this adjusts the cable and not the brake. you should be able to pull up e brake 6-8 clicks after adjusted. adjuster in brake drum could also be the problem though