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my F&%$in ebrake gave out, car rolled from driveway across street and the back is fubar, gonna try and get it fixed, but im pissed. so anyones ebrake ever act ****ty? SHOULD HAVE TURNED MY WHEELS

booja

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mine needs to be adjusted... i have to pull it all the way up just to get it to not roll.

tuterz

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yea.. my ebrake is crap ... that why i put it in first gear!..

1985zcar

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Damn, sorry about that man.

I've had my 240SX's ebrake give out, but it's a totally different setup than the Lexus. Uhm...have you ever checked the shoes inside the rear rotors for pad material left? Was it loose before this happened? Or random failure? I'd check your cables for breakage or something...

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oh ****, completely forgot im such a dumb ***. i forgot about the ebrake drum shoes. oh my god!

xx69xx

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Mines has to be adjusted as well. I have to pull the **** out of it to get it stay.

redsc400

theres a thread somewhere that describes how to tighten the ebrake cable.

had the same problem in my 300 - thought it was the shoes. turns out they were fine and the cable just needed to be tightened a lot.

now 3 clicks up on the ebrake and the car's not moving an inch

tavarish

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ebrake and leave the car in gear just for good measure.

Matador

Mine wouldnt pass inspection before I had a buddy tighten the cable. Now its tight as hell and only took about 10min

OneJay

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I have to give mine a pretty solid pull. How do you tighten the cable?

exodus_2

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it could be also your drum brake shoe. you can also adjust that. drum brake shoe are not self adjustable like disc brakes are. you need to turn that gear thingy inside to adjust it. it should be behind the hub covered with a rubber piece. take that out use your flat screw driver to turn it you will feel the click. from what i learned from school teacher he told me to turn the gear and see if you can turn the wheel (just one light turn) and the wheel should spin one time and stop that should be good sorry kinda confusing without pictures...

redsc400

make sure your ebrake is down

take off the ebrake cover (velcro) and you should locate the 10mm adjusting nuts and the ebrake cable.

the first nut tightens the cable and the second one is a retainer nut that ensures the first one will stay in place

since its pretty deep in there and a tight squeeze, go with an extension and a magnetic bit if you have one. (dont want to drop the nut down there)

i tightened mine so that it only takes a couple clicks to fully engage.

Ali SC3

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my ebrake used to be really loose, and i was gonna adjust it using the scerw method above.

this weekend i replaced my rear brakes + rotors (completely gone)

now my ebrake cable is oh so tight.
check your pads and rotor, if they are gone thats possibly the culprit.

evileagle

I replaced just my rear rotors and pads, but i didnt replace the shoes and the hand brake got TOO TIGHT. I had to adjust the drum and bring them in a little. Now 3 clicks up it holds on any hill. Id definatly check the shoes and the rotor. R1 concepts sells rotors cheap and they are real nice. I got both front and rear rotors, front and rear pads for 210 shipped....awesome quality!

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did the wire adjustment, just turned the top one and it tightened.. its in a really bad spot.... ill mess with it more then ill set the drums too. the damage is 1300 that doesnt include repaint, taillight or bumper...

FYI: im currently looking for 1992-1994 tail lights, and bumper... thanks everyone for all ur help and tips! this just sucks, but its not horribly bad 2 days of work and it will be good as new glad no one got hurt or run over.