Saturday, October 1, 2011

How to adjust the emergancy break on a chevy dumptruck?

I have a 06 Chevy 3500 dump-truck with the 6.6 duramax and i wanna know how to adjust the emergancy break|||If the emergency brake is a handle ,on the end where you grasp it there is a knob that you turn to adjust.If its a foot pedal then you need to get under the truck and locate the emergency brake cable and there will be a point where the cable divides into two cables.One going to each rear wheel.At this junction point where the cable splits there should be a long bolt connected to the assembly.That is your adjustment point.|||you probably dont need to adjust the cables.





you probably need to jack it up in the rear and pull off the wheels and the brake rotor and replace the inner emergency brake shoes.





those huge brake rotors will not only have the primary outer caliper/pad setup, but inside the middle they will have basically a drum brake setup for the emergency brake. those shoes are probably worn down.

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