[DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment

[Charles McCall]

So there is no problem with putting a pair of pliers on "B" and cranking
down? Recommendations  as to what tool to use without damaging the nut?  

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Tomas Gunnarsson [mailto:guson at home.se] 
Enviado el: Sunday, 24 June, 2007 8:43 PM
Para: detomaso at realbig.com; Charles McCall
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment

B is the adjuster. It looks like the right pad in the pic has been rattling
around in the caliper for a while as the surface is not flat to match the
rotor face. Make sure you haven't overused A to preload the lever. That may
cause loss of lever travel.

Tomas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 24 juni 2007 20:05
Subject: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment


> Hi all,
>  
> How do you adjust the parking brake on a late-model Pantera? I ask
> late-model because Thomas Gunnarsson thinks it may be different than an
> early model. And looking in the Shop Manual, I see the ever-helpful "The
> parking brake is self-adjusting, so you shouldn't have to adjust it
ever..."
> or something like that. 
>  
> Please see the photo at
> http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/Misc/parkingbrake
>  
> You can see the gap between the brake pad and the rotor. 
>  
> The parking brake was working just fine last week, I took off for a little
> 10-day drive, and partway through it stopped working. I did bottom out on
a
> speed bump pretty hard, which may or may not be related. There is
absolutely
> zero braking action when pulling on the lever. Looking underneath the car,
> the mechanism is working fine - everything moves like it should (I think)
> when pulling on the lever but there is a large gap between the pad and the
> rotor. 
>  
> I tried adjusting nut "A", which moves the whole mechanism to the left,
> which closes the pads a little. But I've almost adjusted all the way to
the
> end and still am far from having braking action. 
>  
> Nut "B" is another option, but it doesn't look like it is something I'm
> supposed to move, since I can't get a wrench on it. It isn't finger-tight
-
> I can't move it by hand and am nervous about clamping down on it. 
>  
> Hence the call for help. 
>  
> "Help!" 
>  
> Thanks!
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