emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
03-18-2006 | 08:57 PM
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emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
03-18-2006 | 09:18 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
Have you checked the rear shoes? If they have excess wear they won't hold.
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
03-18-2006 | 09:18 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
Have you checked the rear shoes? If they have excess wear they won't hold.
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
03-18-2006 | 09:18 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
Have you checked the rear shoes? If they have excess wear they won't hold.
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
03-18-2006 | 09:18 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
Have you checked the rear shoes? If they have excess wear they won't hold.
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
Have you adjusted the rear brakes? The auto adjusters can rust up and
freeze.
Are you applying the service brakes (via brake pedal) before you apply the
parking brakes?
"Danny" <Carnley588@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1142729821.390810.139380@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
>
03-18-2006 | 10:01 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
03-18-2006 | 10:01 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
03-18-2006 | 10:01 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
03-18-2006 | 10:01 PM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
setup when everything is new.
The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
them off a notch.
After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
stretch and break.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Danny wrote:
>
> Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
03-19-2006 | 12:11 AM
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Re: emergency brakes...aahhh!!!
Hi Mike,
Danny, could have some big problems if the emergency brake lever can not
return to it's park possition, allowing the shoes to set on their anchors:
http://----------.com/dana35c/0022.jpg
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"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial
> setup when everything is new.
>
> The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
> bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
> screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
> them off a notch.
>
> After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
>
> You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
> don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
> stretch and break.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>
>
> Danny wrote:
> >
> > Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> > has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> > the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> > can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> > tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> > my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks
Danny, could have some big problems if the emergency brake lever can not
return to it's park possition, allowing the shoes to set on their anchors:
http://----------.com/dana35c/0022.jpg
God Bless America, L.W(Bill) ------ III 0|||||||0
Mailto:LW------3rd
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:441CBB8B.C031E2CA@sympatico.ca...
> The cable isn't the adjuster! The cable set is just for the initial
> setup when everything is new.
>
> The emergency brake adjuster is a star wheel you get at from the rear
> bottom of the brake backing plate. You turn this wheel with a
> screwdriver until the shoes just start to hit the brake drum, then back
> them off a notch.
>
> After the rear shoes are set, then you adjust the cable.
>
> You will need to back way off on the cable to adjust them now. If you
> don't the cables will be a pivot point for the shoes and they will
> stretch and break.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>
>
> Danny wrote:
> >
> > Okay, for the past few months I have been restoring a 1984 jeep cj7. It
> > has been going pretty smooth exept for the emergency brakes. I've read
> > the manual and tried to tighten the cable. I tightened it as much as I
> > can, but it still doesn't hold. When I press in the pedal, its really
> > tight, but the brakes don't hold. If you have any advice please send it
> > my way...Carnley588@yahoo.com....thanks