92SiBlu

How the hell can i adjust my ebrake to make it engage? i have already adjusted teh handle but i heard there is a way to adjust it from underneath? is this true or do i need to get a new ebrake cable from handle to lines? MY E-BRAKE SUCKS

92SiBlu

bump anyone know how to do this.. seems as though everyone i have spoke to has no clue

dohcdelsol

Yeah it explains it in the honda helms manual...

You should be able to pull up ur ebrake and it should engage the pads by 6 clicks and be fully engaged by 10

I forget the rest off top of my head but if i find my manual ill look it up

Jorsher

i dont know about adjusting it other than by taking off the ebrake handle and turning the nut to tighten it...

92SiBlu

yea ive done that plenty of times.. but i heard there is a way underneath the car to adjust..

q45mm

To be honest there isn't a way to adjust the rear disc brakes they should be self adjusting. Now what you can do to make sure they are adjusting is, jack the rear wheels of the ground and start the car and apply the rear breaks several times.

(note) The rear brakes should self adjust when going into reverse.

On vehicles with rear disc brakes, make sure the parking brake arm on the rear brake caliper contacts the brake caliper pin. (Honda's Instruction)


Modified by q45mm at 7:22 AM 1/27/2006

dpkelly

I don't think u need to jackup the car. Just pull the e-brake to one click and then backup and press the brakes several times really good.
This is what I do on my rear drum brakes.

q45mm

Yeah this would be a visual check its with the tire off.
Sorry should have been a little more clear on that.

fms1day

For my rear disc brakes, I just took off my e-brake console (This is a 92 hatchback), and used a 12MM wrench and tightened the nut in the back until the ebrake's strength suited my needs.

EDIT: Nevermind. I see you got the handle part. You might want to check under the car and see if the ebrake cable is stretched all the way from the brakes to the ebrake handle. Maybe it's loose slack? I just did my rear disc brake conversion and now my right cable is longer than my left one.

tallyturbo

at least others are having the same prob as me. i wanna know also

pdiggitydogg

Im having similar issues, but I think its mostly the pads Im using

Marauder

On my 2000 EX, you take the arm rest out and there is an adjustment under there. The two cable ends are attached to a block, and the block runs along a threaded rod. Just adjust it higher on the threaded rod, as long as the design is similar.

UberMunkey

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by q45mm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To be honest there isn't a way to adjust the rear disc brakes they should be self adjusting. Now what you can do to make sure they are adjusting is, jack the rear wheels of the ground and start the car and apply the rear breaks several times. The rear brakes should self adjust when going into reverse.

On vehicles with rear disc brakes, make sure the parking brake arm on the rear brake caliper contacts the brake caliper pin. (Honda's Instruction)</TD></TR></TABLE>

did you just tell him to jack up the back of the car and then go in reverse?

92SiBlu

yea we already covered that.. i was mentioning underneath the car... mechanical wise.. everyone should know about the ebrake cover remover on the inside... and i know they are "self-adjusting" but i have fairly new pads and didnt know if there was any way to adjust this , other than the caliper screw, but my ebrake sucks and it would just roll down a steep hill if it wasnt in gear.. thanks for all the replies though... maybe cable is stretched too far.. who knows

SkoundrelUSA

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by UberMunkey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

did you just tell him to jack up the back of the car and then go in reverse?</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol same thing I was confused about. We are talking about FWD Hondas right?

q45mm

Oppps, no I ment for him to turn on his car and just appy the rear brake severl times (Do Not put the vechile in gear)

92SiBlu

ha, i figured that much...

92SiBlu

anyone else have some input? or should i say screw rear discs and go to drums.. kinda sucks converting an si to drums but damn ever car that has drums has much better brake power and ebrake... at least with my experience

92SiBlu

bump

dpkelly

According to Chilton's it says to make sure the lever of the rear brake caliper contacts the brake caliper pin. This is item 39 in the pic below:



Once this is accomplished, you can then play with the adjusting nut in the center console. I don't have rear disc brakes so I can't elude any more detail that this. Hope this helps u.

mckenzie

jack up the back of the car, pull up ebrake til you hear 1 click. tighten the 12 mm bolt with the spring thingy until rear wheels stop spinning.

92SiBlu

thank you that helps

dpkelly

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by superpho &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">jack up the back of the car, pull up ebrake til you hear 1 click. tighten the 12 mm bolt with the spring thingy until rear wheels stop spinning. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you read the whole post you'd see that he already tried this.

92redhatch

i have the same problem with my eg hatch!!! I converted my brakes to gsr's and now my e brake sux also. Someone told me that theres a spring that has to be stretched. Maybe there's a way to adjust that. IF not they told me to buy factory e-brake lines and use those.

92SiBlu

ya i heard there was a spring as well but look at that chart.. imma go try that tonight see if that works