E Brake problem
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I took everything off to get to all of the wheel studs on my car, and I'm ready to put the new rear studs in. Only problem, the e brake isn't working all the sudden, and I can't torque in the new studs. It was working fine before I lifted the car. If I pull the e-brake handle, it goes ALL the way up, not just about 1/2 way like it normally did. I put the ABS ring things back on, but the e-brake still is not working. If it matters, the PCM is out (getting tuned) and the battery is unhooked, but I would imagine neither of those would matter for the e brake working. Any suggestions? This really sucks
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You have an 01? First make sure you connected the cables. It has a drum style e-brake setup in there, so adjust the shoes out until you get a nice snug fit.
Like Orange99Z are the rotors on
I was doing a brake job on an old 87 truck my dumb *** forgot to put the drums back on
put the wheels on, took it off the rack and ![EEK !!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_eek2.gif)
Simple stuff is easy to overlook, double check everything.
I'm sure it's nothing major.
Like Orange99Z are the rotors on
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Simple stuff is easy to overlook, double check everything.
I'm sure it's nothing major.
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The rotors have to be on??
Man oh man...
Well I had them off so I could put new wheel studs on, I didn't think it would be a good idea to torque down the new wheel studs with the rotors on. How should I go about this?
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Well I had them off so I could put new wheel studs on, I didn't think it would be a good idea to torque down the new wheel studs with the rotors on. How should I go about this?
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Rotors and back on and the ebrake works again (that's amazing how that works...) - With using the same "pull it with a lug nut" method as I did on the front, how do I go about doing this? Is it safe to pull the wheel studs through with the rotors on? Or can I remove the rotors and have the ebrake still activated? Or will it deactivate once the rotors are removed?