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I've got a-lot of slack in my parking brake cable, so when I put the parking brake on the pedal almost goes to the floor before anything happens. I have adjusted the parking brake shoes, they are close to the drums and hold the car in place just fine.
Does anyone know where there is an adjustment for taking the slack out of the cable(s)?
The parking brake adjustment is really easy, there is a bolt with a nut on it in front of, and basically in line with the pedal itself. It is difficult to see unless you remove the bottom trim cover and basically lay down with your head looking up at the top of the pedal. Once you find the nut, tighten it to take up slack in the cable, loosen it to create slack. Easy peasy.
The spiky, rotary dial looking thing you just turn to tighten. Not so much on my Lexus, but on other vehicles (especially manual trans) where the E-brake is used more often, over time the cables stretch and adjustments are needed more often.
The parking brake adjustment is really easy, there is a bolt with a nut on it in front of, and basically in line with the pedal itself. It is difficult to see unless you remove the bottom trim cover and basically lay down with your head looking up at the top of the pedal. Once you find the nut, tighten it to take up slack in the cable, loosen it to create slack. Easy peasy.
Is it inside the car under the pedal? Or on the underbody of the car?
Is it inside the car under the pedal? Or on the underbody of the car?
I saw this “old” thread when searching for the method to tighten the parking brake cable. I took a picture, which is attached. Hopefully, it’ll help others better visualize the location of the adjusting nut. (Picture taken from underneath the dash, just below the parking brake pedal.)
Thank you guys for sharing this information and photo.
I made adjustment from the drum side two years ago but still have some slack.
I will try the parking brake pedal side this time when I mount my winter tires this weekend.