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adjusting parking brake 2014 ram #2486401
04/22/18 01:55 PM
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I had a frozen parking brake on drivers side. I freed it up. Now the I need to adjust the parking brake. The directions I found online confuses me some.


1.Raise the vehicle.

2.Back off the cable tensioner adjusting nut to create slack in the cables.


3.Remove the rear wheel/tire assemblies. Then remove the brake rotors.

4.Verify the brakes are in good condition and operating properly.

5.Verify the park brake cables operate freely and are not binding, or seized.

6.Check the rear brake shoe adjustment with standard brake gauge.

7.Install the rotors and verify that the rotors rotate freely without drag.

8.Install the wheel/tire assemblies.

9.Lower the vehicle enough for access to the park brake foot pedal. Then fully apply the park brakes.

NOTE:
Leave park brakes applied until adjustment is complete.


10.Raise the vehicle again.

11.Mark the tensioner rod 6.35 mm (1/4 in.) from edge of the tensioner (2).

12.Tighten the adjusting nut (5) on the tensioner rod until the mark is no longer visible.





CAUTION:
Do not loosen, or tighten the tensioner adjusting nut for any reason after completing adjustment.




13.Lower the vehicle until the rear wheels are 15-20 cm (6-8 in.) off the shop floor.

14.Release the park brake foot pedal and verify that rear wheels rotate freely without drag. Then lower the vehicle.












Can someone tell me in more plain english? I don`t have a measuring tool. Do I really need one? What it the tensioning rod? Everything else I read it says not to touch the cable, only adjust it from the star wheel adjusters.

Re: adjusting parking brake 2014 ram [Re: mopars4ever] #2486503
04/22/18 07:12 PM
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Just like old school drum brakes, it's a 3 step adjustment.

Step 1, loosen the cable adjustment so there's slack in the cable

Step 2, set shoe to drum clearance. This it at the wheel with the adjuster behind the splash sheild. Just a very slight drag.

Step 3 tighten the cable adjuster till there slightly more drag than before. Work the parking brake a couple times to ensure full release


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Re: adjusting parking brake 2014 ram [Re: mopars4ever] #2486855
04/23/18 03:21 PM
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After looking at it again I found out that the cables are self adjusting and the adjustment is only at the star wheels. I adjusted them up some and it seems to hold ok. I may have to go a little more. thanks for the advice







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