I got a 94 integra LS, 4 wheel disc brakes. When i bought it you could pull the lever all the way to the top before you would feel any resistance, and it doesn't hold the car. I took off the cover, thinking i need to tighten the cable. I tightened it up to where it FEELS like it should in the handle, IE nearly impossible to max it out, and it holds the car just the same, which is not at all. The regular brakes work fine, fairly strong, so i'm not convinced its the pads. I heard i need to adjust the cable at the calipers, but i cannot find a video on how to do that. Can someone please help me out here? I never have done any disc brake work and it makes me nervous to attempt such a job on a vital safety system. Also, how long do you think it will take? Thanks.

 

Hmm this miteh elp best i could find if i find more ill post
https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-integra-6/how-do-you-adjust-your-parking-brake-812468/

 

Adjust per factory service manual

 

I gave you a list of things to check and fix, and none of them have anything to do with "adjusting" the cable except to return it back to where it was before you monkeyed with it.

You seem to want all this stuff to be handed to you on a silver platter. I had to learn everything on my own, well before the Internet existed, back when it was a LOT harder to find information. And that meant lots of reading, research, and trips to the library. You've got it very easy these days, what with YouTube and everything else online.

If you don't learn to educate yourself, you'll always remain ignorant. And you probably think a lot more of yourself than that.

So get off your duff and do some of your own work. Oh, sorry...today one gets ON one's duff and gets to work, by starting with Google.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...ng+brake+video

Adjust search terms to suit.

 

read these 1400 pages plz kthxbai:

http://www.spooledupracing.com/downl...7cf1bcdce95488

 

Deja Vu.

 

the cables are probably stretched it happens just like the shifter cables in todays cars(my FIT). You jack the rear up and tighten it till you feel tension after about 4-6 clicks the rear has to be up to do thi.

Reason number 76 I'm out of the 90's Honda's...crazyhorse11

 

How do i tighten?

 

Ive been under the car for hours looking for an adjustment. I found a bleeder, a couple cables (the one i think is the brake cable is the one that is a soft rubber/plastic line that runs into a hard line and disappears). I dont know what i'm doing. I looked through the spooled up racing link and i didn't find anyhting

 

Okay so i found the cable. It has a scrunchy rubber piece covering the part of it that opens and closes. I THINK there are two nuts, one on each side of this rubber covering, because i can rotate them but nothing happens as far as brake pressure by rotating them. Am i on the right track?

 

Wow you are not learning, LEAVE those alone!. remove the center console/arm rest and you'll see where they attach to the e brake and the thing that olds them there is a nut at the center you tighten that thing.

here's a damn pic

 

What Crazyhouse is abundantly proving is that he has zero mechanical-aptitude. Maybe even less than that. The other day I read in the paper that Crazyhouse's neighbors are becoming less and less able to work on their own cars, and researchers have no idea why all their ability is disappearing. Well, I know where it's all going: It's getting sucked into Crazyhouse's black-hole of ineptness.

 

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Did I just read that correctly?

<blink, shake head>

Yes, I did read it correctly.

Well, I went to that very link myself, and by golly I found a shop manual for the '94 Integra. With brake instructions.

You know what I think? I think Crazyhouse is having us on. He's playing the moron, trying to see how many people he can fool into getting involved in his game. And he's laughing to himself while we do it. Well, he sure got me good. If I ever meet him, while he's not looking I'm going to remove the valve stems from all of his tires.

 

I read in another thread NOT to touch this part? Like it was hammered into you that ******* with the handle part is NOT what you do.

Even so, I experimented with the handle too, even tightened it really tight, and it didn;t really affect anyhting

If it helps i pb blasted the lever arm that the cable attaches to since it was kinda stuck. I whacked it with a hammer and it moved back a bit and unstuck, loosenijng up the brake disc to spin more freely like it should. However, if i pull the brake lever it gets stuck in the same spot again so i might have to keep at it.

 

He had a civic before and used to troll in GDD, he actually is as clueless as we think when it comes to cars. Sad thing is the tech section is where he is serious

 

 

Still have my old civic. Got two cars mang

 

Ummm that's the ONLY way to adjust them I should know I bought brand new ones this winter. Yes they stretch yours is a 94 just like mine was replacing them is a pain but relatively easy if you take the seats and carpet out. or fold it back at least.

 

So by gathering all this information, and if the muhfuggin pads aint holdin dis bish in one spot, then the pads need to be replaced? The last owner said he used to "drift" with it. I got a lot of work to do to this heap.

 

I don't even know where you got pads from all that it's the cables tighten them with the rear off the ground or replace the cables they're like 45 each from Honda.

 

A few things to mention. The civic is painted by me, say what you want, its really a taste thing, and cost me less than 15 bucks, just took patience.
The front bumper on the integra HAS to go. For god sake it has duct tape holding cracks together. The crack in the fiberglass quarterpanel will be repaired when i lay down this 3M fiberglass repair kit.

right now im mostly focused under the hood of the integra, getting it into better running condition. Most of my auto experience has been under the hood of a honda and not much elsewhere. I owe a lot of my knowledge to this website.

 

I will literally give you for free my JDM front end just so you get that pos bumper off and stop putting a bad name to a car series I once loved. I don't even own the car anymore !!!

 

I like the Acura front end better. But I'm ordering the OEM bumper here in the next couple months.

 

BUDDY. The handle pulls up tight, just like my civic does, when i adjust the nut to tighten up the cables. so it feels right. HOWEVER. The brakes simply don't hold the car, even with a hearty yank on the handle. so i don't think it's the cables, but it's more like the actuator or the pads themselves. IDK how many miles are on the pads

 

Make sure the levers on the calipers are actually moving when engaging the brake. Have the back end on jack stands with the wheels off, and look at the calipers when a buddy engages/disengages the brake.

Make sure the little clips that hold the brake cable housing are not broken - that will allow extra movement that translates into the levers not moving far enough.

The following will need to be done with the caliper off wheel.

Make sure the pads are within their service limit - anything thicker than 1/4" or so.

Make sure the piston inside the caliper rotates freely - it won't push back in with a c-clamp, it has to be twisted clockwise.

You will have pictures and diagrams galore if you just download the service manual. You've been linked to it so many times I'm not even going to do it anymore.

You've been linked to the proper procedure for adjusting the cable correctly as well. Quit second guessing us.

Also, you're asking the same thing in two different threads. Please stop.

I think Tegger might be right - Best. Troll. Ever.