Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

John

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters have
a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....

All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
store.

http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html


"silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
>I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
> crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
> long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
> there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
> properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> John
>

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters have
a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....

All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
store.

http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html


"silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
>I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
> crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
> long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
> there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
> properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> John
>

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters have
a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....

All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
store.

http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html


"silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
>I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
> crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
> long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
> there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
> properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> John
>

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Sorry I didn't mention, but my rear brakes are disc brakes. Any other
suggestions on adjusting?? Thanks,


billy ray wrote:
> Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters have
> a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....
>
> All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
> store.
>
> http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html
>
>
> "silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
> >I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
> > crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
> > long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
> > there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
> > properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > John
> >

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Sorry I didn't mention, but my rear brakes are disc brakes. Any other
suggestions on adjusting?? Thanks,


billy ray wrote:
> Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters have
> a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....
>
> All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
> store.
>
> http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html
>
>
> "silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
> >I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
> > crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
> > long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
> > there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
> > properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > John
> >

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Sorry I didn't mention, but my rear brakes are disc brakes. Any other
suggestions on adjusting?? Thanks,


billy ray wrote:
> Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters have
> a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....
>
> All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
> store.
>
> http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html
>
>
> "silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
> >I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
> > crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
> > long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
> > there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
> > properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > John
> >

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Doesn't your parking brake utilize a small pair of shoes inside the rotor
hat on the back brakes?

"silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1153055829.648934.233700@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Sorry I didn't mention, but my rear brakes are disc brakes. Any other
> suggestions on adjusting?? Thanks,
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters
>> have
>> a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....
>>
>> All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
>> store.
>>
>> http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html
>>
>>
>> "silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
>> >I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
>> > crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
>> > long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
>> > there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
>> > properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
>> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Doesn't your parking brake utilize a small pair of shoes inside the rotor
hat on the back brakes?

"silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1153055829.648934.233700@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Sorry I didn't mention, but my rear brakes are disc brakes. Any other
> suggestions on adjusting?? Thanks,
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters
>> have
>> a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....
>>
>> All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
>> store.
>>
>> http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html
>>
>>
>> "silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
>> >I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
>> > crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
>> > long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
>> > there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
>> > properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
>> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>

Re: Parking Brake on 99 TJ
 

Doesn't your parking brake utilize a small pair of shoes inside the rotor
hat on the back brakes?

"silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1153055829.648934.233700@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Sorry I didn't mention, but my rear brakes are disc brakes. Any other
> suggestions on adjusting?? Thanks,
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Sounds like you need to manually adjust the rear brakes, auto-adjusters
>> have
>> a nasty habit of rusting and seizing....
>>
>> All you need is an inexpensive brake spoon available at any auto-parts
>> store.
>>
>> http://www.4x4xplor.com/drum-brakes.html
>>
>>
>> "silberj" <silberj@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1152965349.819314.33470@m79g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
>> >I have a 99 TJ and the parking brake does not hold at all. I have
>> > crawled underneath and can see the cabling. Haven't had the jeep for
>> > long, but really need to get the brake working for safety reasons. Is
>> > there an adjustment I can make so that the parking brake engages
>> > properley? The cables all look intact, so any help would be
>> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>