mickey513

I got around to changing my rear brakes pads on my 94 Integra, which was a PAIN IN THE *** compared to the front. However, now I notice I have to pull my hand brake up REALLY HIGH inorder to prevent the car from moving! I live on a Hill, so parking is a B!TCH. It's really annoying having to pull the Emergency brake(hand brake) that high. Before I did the rear brake pad change, I did not have to pull the E. brake that high. Did I mess up somewhere along the way while doing the rear brake pad change?

Loveless

why don't you remove the wheels and see what's wrong?

xyooj

adjust the ebrake cable

wcsinx

What kind of parking brake setup do these cars have? Is it the traditional drum inside the rear rotor? (i haven't looked yet) If so, did you back off any adjustment on the parking brakes to get the rotor back on? Normally drum brakes will ratchet adjust excess play when they're applied while the car is moving in reverse. So before you tear anything apart, just gently back the car up and bring yourself to a stop with the e-brake a few times.

Chingowtumadre

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

thats what i was thinking too...

mickey513

Is that behind the ebrake, that little screw?

And this is a g3 Integra......rear brakes are DISC not drum.

wcsinx

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mickey513 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is that behind the ebrake, that little screw?

And this is a g3 Integra......rear brakes are DISC not drum.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, I understand that. But a lot of cars use a secondary set of drum brakes mounted INSIDE the rear rotors for the parking brake. My Corvette, 240SX, and Stealth were all like that. It's fairly common. I haven't had the need to tear into my Integra's rear brakes yet. How are their p-brakes setup then?


Modified by wcsinx at 7:38 PM 10/1/2003

Bill Hook

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Yes, I understand that. But a lot of cars use a secondary set of drum brakes mounted INSIDE the rear rotors for the parking brake. My Corvette, 240SX, and Stealth were all like that. It's fairly common. I haven't had the need to tear into my Integra's rear brakes yet. How are they're p-brakes setup then?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nope parking brake acts on the rear caliper, not a separate drum.

JimBlake

The handbrake has an auto-adjusting mechanism inside the caliper. That's why you have to screw the pistons in, you can't just push. So if you screw them in too far, the handbrake takes about 4000 times to auto-adjust itself.

I try to only screw the pistons in just enough to get the caliper to fit on. Then after it's all together, I pull up the handbrake about 100 times to get the adjuster to settle.

Cone

if you remove the center arm rest, there is a nut that you can adjust to tighten it.

-Andrew

JimBlake

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stealth 95 GS-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you remove the center arm rest, there is a nut that you can adjust to tighten it. </TD></TR></TABLE>That's for cable stretch.

If you screw the pistons in too far, then eventually the auto-adjusters will come back. In the meantime, if you tighten the cable, then they will get too tight when the auto-adjusters finally catch up.

Cone

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JimBlake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's for cable stretch.

If you screw the pistons in too far, then eventually the auto-adjusters will come back. In the meantime, if you tighten the cable, then they will get too tight when the auto-adjusters finally catch up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

then you can losen the cable again.