[DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Pliers, vise grips or something similar. Rough serration on the jaws will make for better grip and less damage I guess. Soak with oil for a while before you start turning the nut.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: "'Tomas Gunnarsson'" <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 24 juni 2007 20:47
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment


> 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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