Handbrake Adjustment

[Gav240z]

I need to adjust my handbrake so that when I pull it up it doesn't need to be lifted up really high before it will hold the car still. The Haynes manual is hopeless because it tells me to adjust things that I don't know since the diagrams don't label what it's telling me.

Anyway I need a detailed description on where to adjust from and how to do it? Pictures would be the best if anyone has the time if not I'll post pictures from the manual and see if anyone can help from there...

Thanks heaps.

[2ManyZs]

If your rear brakes are out of adjustment the handbrake will need to be pulled further to engage the parking brake.

Check your rear brake adjstment to make sure they are OK.

The second place to adjust the e-brake is underneath the car where it connects to the e-brake cable. It has a threaded rod that allows you to adjust the e-brake to compensate for the cable stretching over time.

You can get to the threaded rod without removing the driveshaft if you really want to work at it, however, it is easier to just unbolt the driveshaft and drop it out of the way. The rod will more than likely be quite rusted due to its location, so taking the driveshaft out will more than lkely be your easiest recourse.

I'll try to attach a pic from the CD of the handbake assembly, as sson as I can find it.:cross-eye