Just wondering here but my parking brake doesn't hold at all. I haven't crawled under there to look at it yet but is it a cable design where I can just tighten it up, or is it the design where there is seperate shoes built inside the rear rotors. Thanks for the info. On a seperate note I took my cruiser on a long hwy trip this weekend for the first time and there is a growl type noise at around 80 that goes away at 85 and up. It kind of goes like a repetitve noise like wuuhhhh, wuuuhhhh, wuuuhhh, goes away when I slow down to 75mph. 97 model with 92k and bone stock. I read some of the other threads about this but nothing quite sounded like mine. Anybody with any experience? Sorry was so long, I just absolutely love my cruiser, had it two weeks and still can't stop talking about it!
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There are separate shoes in the rear rotors and the parking brake is adjusted at the drum/rotor through an adjustment hole.
The wuuhh, wuuhhh reminds me of drive line vibrations. Try greasing the ujoints.
The wuuhh, wuuhhh reminds me of drive line vibrations. Try greasing the ujoints.
if the e-brake isn't holding then you probably need to rebuild the unit within the rotors. If there is slack in the hand brake, meaning some play before you feel tension, that usually means you bell cranks are seized.
Searching on "bellcrank" will get you some info to get started with.
Searching on "bellcrank" will get you some info to get started with.
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Thanks guys. There is no tension on the e-brake at all so hopefully just needs new shoes and adjusting. Already tried greasing all the u-joints, took care of a slight driveline vibration at around 50mph.
If you are talking the handle next to the seat then you're looking at a complete rebuild back there. I'm quite sure the e-brake is stuck on and you've toasted the shoes and possibly the rotors.
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First thing to check it the bracket (proper name??) at the back of the backing plate. There is a lever with 2 springs and a limiter that often siezez. you'll see the cable coming from the front of the vehicle and split to either side.
If one locks up you will have poor to no p-brake. Set the brake and look at the location of the limiter, release it and see if it changes if you have no movement you need to work them loose. I believe when the brake is set the limiter should rest on the backing plate.
If one locks up you will have poor to no p-brake. Set the brake and look at the location of the limiter, release it and see if it changes if you have no movement you need to work them loose. I believe when the brake is set the limiter should rest on the backing plate.