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1989LX50 07-09-2013 10:06 PM

E Brake
 
I am working on the last few things to get the 5.0 inspected and get it on the road.

The E Brake doesn't work. The handle ratchets like it should, but feels like it doesn't have any tension behind it.

I live in an apartment so sometime its a little tough to get underneath it :Angry:
and look around. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I should start?

STROKD 07-09-2013 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1989LX50 (Post 39521)
I am working on the last few things to get the 5.0 inspected and get it on the road.

The E Brake doesn't work. The handle ratchets like it should, but feels like it doesn't have any tension behind it.

I live in an apartment so sometime its a little tough to get underneath it :Angry:
and look around. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I should start?

if u have stock brakes, u need to pull the back drums off and adjust the e brake nut on the brake on both sides. The shoes are probably worn to hell and it isnt grabbing.

1989LX50 07-09-2013 11:18 PM

Sounds like a great start. The breaks have felt a little weak and that was my next project.

downtime! 07-10-2013 01:02 AM

Might want to start by making sure the cable is even still attached. My '82s cable had come off on the drive home.

1989LX50 07-10-2013 01:53 PM

Did it come off above the drive shaft or at the rear axle?


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