Is there an easy way to adjust the parking brake?

sparky2708 · Nov 18, 2017

I started noticing that my parking brake isn’t holding the car very well on hills. It needs a tiny bit of adjustment as I see it slipping a little bit. Is there an easy way to adjust it?

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thegman230 · Nov 19, 2017

Only way to do it is to turn the star wheel that is under the rubber plug on the rear rotor hat. The star wheel spreads the parking brake shoes further out into the inside of the hat and takes up the slack. Use a brake spoon or slotted screwdriver. You can also take the rotor off to do it but that is a project. I did mine with a recent brake job and it is much better.

Is there an easy way to adjust the parking brake?

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