E-Brake Adjustment?

CrystalWhiteChristine · Sep 21, 2009

All right my cousins got a 94 cobra and we were looking at his e-brake today and its not working lol, anyways i took out that storage in the center consel to get to the e-brake and the cable is connected but extremely loose it has no tension on the lever wat so ever, everything is connected just realy loose, any way of adjusting this any links that guide u to do, thanks

CC'S95GT · Sep 22, 2009

I don't know of a way to adjust it. but check the first cable connected to the handle. As it goes through the floor it fray and brake over time.
You might want to take the rear wheels and rotors off to inspect the e-brake equipment back there for problems

x182dan · Sep 22, 2009

theres 3 actual cables I'm willing to bet one is broken. On mine it was the short one that connected to the handle

CrystalWhiteChristine · Sep 22, 2009

yea it might bet the cable to the handle, we had the car up on the lift cause he was fixing his exhaust clearence issue and i started looking at the cables, and the to rear cables look in pretty good shape the fork where all the cables meet was good but loose i pulled on the front cable and just didnt feel right, would i have to take the consel completely off to replace that cable?

x182dan · Sep 22, 2009

I had to take the whole console out dunno if you can do it any other way.

CC'S95GT · Sep 22, 2009

you don't have to remove the console to r&r the cable.
get the rear end off the ground, place jack stands on frame and let tires hang off the ground.
You should be able to get to the cable over the DS from there.

x182dan · Sep 22, 2009

You still need to go inside the interior of the car to attach the cable to the handle

DFG_magic · Sep 22, 2009

There is an open recall on the park brake assembly on 94-95's. I'm going to get mine resolved next week. Look into it before you spend money.

CrystalWhiteChristine · Sep 22, 2009

a recall at the dealership i dono the cars 15yrs old but let me know if u get yours fixed.

CC'S95GT · Sep 22, 2009

x182dan said:
You still need to go inside the interior of the car to attach the cable to the handle

correct. you can get to it after you remove the console box.

96s281_081 said:
There is an open recall on the park brake assembly on 94-95's. I'm going to get mine resolved next week. Look into it before you spend money.

the recall was about the handle attachment. I think it expired. but it can't hurt to ck anyway.