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

 

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
>

 

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
>

 

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
>

 

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
> >

 

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
> >

 

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
> >

 

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
>> >
>

 

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
>> >
>

 

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
>> >
>