I just changed the wifey's rear pads on her 97 gs 4dr. The left wheel seemed to be more restricted than the right when i spin the rotors. When I opened up the center console to try to adjust it from the e brake handle I noticed that there is more slack on the right cable. How do I adjust the ebrake from the outside ? I would like to get more input before i start. Thanks in advance

 

Here's a couple things for you to check...

Make sure the cables aren't sticking in their sheaths. If the left cable is sticking, then the return spring back at the caliper isn't strong enough to pull the cable back & release the brake.

Check the lever on the caliper, where the handbrake cable attaches. I had a dragging parking brake when that lever got rusty & wouldn't turn nice. Pretty much the same as the cable - too much friction for the return spring.

Then there's the spring itself. If that brake's been dragging, the spring (along with the whole caliper) has been HOT. Maybe the spring's been weakened by that?

You had to turn the piston in to make room for the new pads... When I do this I usually turn it only enough for the pads to fit - not ALL the way in. That way the handbrake auto-adjuster doesn't have too much slack to take up.

 

Ok ima check that out. Oh yeah one thing i forgot to add was that when i pulled out the pads, they have uneven wear. the bottom side (on the inner) is almost to the warning peg while the top is still very thick.

 

Tapered pad.... Too late for those, but make sure everything's good for the new ones.

Check out your caliper slide pins. Make sure they're good, greased, slide OK.
Make sure you get all the little shims & stuff in the right way. There's little stainless-steel clips at top & bottom, or something like that. Sometimes I've had to file the paint off new pads in order for them NOT to wedge tight in the caliper bracket.

Make sure the little button on the inboard pad backing plate goes down into one of those slots in the piston. That means the piston HAS to be twisted so the slots are at 12, 3, 6, 9 oclock.

I suppose the caliper bracket could be bent, but then you'd probably notice it. The new pads wouldn't line up nice with the rotor.