This was sent to me by a friend it’s a detailed how-to video on changing parking brakes.
I'll add to this a comment from Blaine (the brake expert) in regards to adjusting the parking brakes:
Do your first adjustment at the shoes with the star adjuster. Ignore all the internet BS methods and tighten it until there is enough drag that you can barely turn a 35" tire by hand.
When both sides are that way, then adjust the cables at the T bracket under the tub until you remove all the slack, but aren't moving the actuator lever at the backing plate.
When that is done, take the rig for a short drive very slowly and keeping the button on the parking brake handle depressed, raise it until you feel it slow the vehicle, lower it, and do it again a few times.
New parking brake shoes in this case need to be seated to the small drums for the best efficiency. Going slow and applying the parking brake will accomplish that for you.
Take it back to your work area and once again adjust the shoes at each side until you have a very slight amount of drag and then adjust the cables again.
Done correctly, you will have to pull up very hard on the parking brake handle to get more than 3 clicks.
So I got around to looking at the brakes this weekend..... This is what I found.
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God Doesn’t Like Ugly!!! That’s Why He Made Me Priddy!!!
You probably ignored and got numbed of the metal squeals to get to that point.
I have an 06 TJ Rubicon and when changing out the rear brakes I noticed my rear emergency brake cable on the driver side wasn't connected at the wheel. After looking at it I realized that the lever was completely seized, where the red arrow is. It look a while to actually find out what the part is called but its a Parking Brake Lever (Cam). Its two pieces and normally they rust together. You can find a replacement on Amazon, its Dorman 926-293, parking brake lever kit. Each kit does either side but only one side per kit. Make sure its the right part number, some of the Cherokees used this too. I was also able to find a website of a guy who shows how to try and remove them with vice grips by prying them apart since if they seize together you can't get them out the back or past the hub.I am having issues with my rear driver side parking brake install. See the picture below where the red arrow is pointing to (I took the image from PriddyBoy). In the picture the 'actuator' or 'lever' is missing - I think I am having problems with mine as I cannot get the brake shoes to seat in the grooves properly when raising/lowering the parking brake lever. Since I think there is some sort of issue with the actuator, I cannot get my new rotor to fit over the brake shoes. When I remove the start adjustor bolt I can push the shoes together and put the rotor on but obviously that is not the right way.
Where can I buy that actuator/lever? Or does anyone have any tips?
--the passenger side installed without any issue.
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