Parking brakes has anyone changed them???

[WPeschel]

I just found out that the parking brakes are not ran off of the disc brakes. . Has anyone changed theirs?? What should I expect? Where did your get yours and how much did you pay???

 

[jelag]

WE have them on the shelf... but you might not need to change them. . they can be adjusted just like normal drum brakes with an adjuster... they just don't self adjust...



Sometimes when you go to remove the drum/rotor you have to back off the emergency brake shoes to remove the assembly...



About 19. 00 for the set of new shoes...



Does this help...

 

[MacHaggis]

Had mine changed. Can't remember now what I paid, but recall that I didn't like it.



Recall clearly that the tech had quite a time getting the e-brake innards apart -- retainer clips bonded, etc.

 

[bighammer]

My brake doen't hold real well and my mailbox is on a hill. Something to look at on a warmer day though... .

 

[WPeschel]

WE have them on the shelf... but you might not need to change them. . they can be adjusted just like normal drum brakes with an adjuster... they just don't self adjust...



Sometimes when you go to remove the drum/rotor you have to back off the emergency brake shoes to remove the assembly...



About 19. 00 for the set of new shoes...



Does this help...

How do I adjust them do I have to remove the drum??? My parking brake does nothing period... .

 

[jelag]

My 04 has a slot in the backing plate. . through this slot is a star adjuster just like the old drum brakes... but these do not self adjust... . If you have to remove them its suggested that you turn the star adjuster backwards...



Like drum brake, spin the wheel until the brake shoes drag..... than back off 1/8 of a turn... . should than work fine...

 

[Slow Six]

My truck wasn't holding on slopes with the fiver on and I am on an extended vacation. I went to a dealership and $45. 00 later I had good parking brakes. As stated above they just need setting up