parking brake problems

[warren reidel]

i replaced the rear parking shoes on my 2001 Tahoe lt, 5.3 engine last year. got shoes from oreilys. seemed to work ok but now after 10k miles my pedal goes to he floor. i pulled the drums off and adjusted the star wheel to tighten them and the drum went on with appropriate resistance. the brake is slightly better but still goes to the floor. the area where the 2 cables split adjuster is max tightened. I saw a thread for 2017 saying that aftermarket shoes ae no good and Delco shoes would work. I am not sure of this. i suspect the cable has stretched over 20 yrs and 240k miles. any thoughts out there, thanks warren in san Diego. is there ez way to tighten the cable, a clip or something that would effectively shorten the cable an give me some e brake

 

[DCT]

I have 01 Suburban. I used OEM pads and had same issues. Just kept adjusting till it didn't hit the floor and pad was a close to drum as possible. Don't know how to shorten the cable.

 

[warren reidel]

but if you adjust it too tight (the star wheel) won't you e brake be on with brake lever released and the pedal at the top of its movement? the rear wheels might struggle to turn

 

[RonC]

i replaced the rear parking shoes on my 2001 Tahoe lt, 5.3 engine last year. got shoes from oreilys. seemed to work ok but now after 10k miles my pedal goes to he floor. i pulled the drums off and adjusted the star wheel to tighten them and the drum went on with appropriate resistance. the brake is slightly better but still goes to the floor. the area where the 2 cables split adjuster is max tightened. I saw a thread for 2017 saying that aftermarket shoes ae no good and Delco shoes would work. I am not sure of this. i suspect the cable has stretched over 20 yrs and 240k miles. any thoughts out there, thanks warren in san Diego. is there ez way to tighten the cable, a clip or something that would effectively shorten the cable an give me some e brake

I’m wondering if you found a fix for this situation as I now have a similar problem. I’ve removed my back calipers and adjusted my parking brake shoes 3 times and can’t possible get the drum rotor back on if I adjust them out further. Yet, parking brake goes all the way to the floor.

 

[warren reidel]

haven't found an answer or got any other input from the forum. the e brake pedal is slightly tighter when i go to the floor with it, but i would not trust it alone if i was parked on a hilly area. no other input from anyone out there. i bet there is a way to tighten the cable. i agree if you adjust the e brake shoes too much, hard to get the drum on and would be worried about brakes dragging and getting hot if I forced the drum on. wlr.

 

[Fless]

I'm pretty sure there is a procedure for some of the NBS models, if not all, to adjust the parking brake mechanism (not the cables, but the pedal mechanism). However, the cables do tend to stretch so you may need to replace them. When I had my rear brakes done a few months ago, that was the issue; not enough adjustment left in the cables.

 

[warren reidel]

i think its kind of a pain in the butt to replace the cables, but not sure. i will need to go to YouTube and see if there is a tutorial on cable replacement. i think there is more than 1 cable to change out.

 

[exp500]

If you know someone with cable crimper, just add a crimp next to single to double threaded adjuster. Loosen adjuster, Pull a loop thru crimp sleeve and sqeeze, tighten adjuster. Works until cable snaps.

 

[89Suburban]

@Rocket Man any experience or advice for this gen big dawg?

 

[warren reidel]

If you know someone with cable crimper, just add a crimp next to single to double threaded adjuster. Loosen adjuster, Pull a loop thru crimp sleeve and sqeeze, tighten adjuster. Works until cable snaps.

sounds like a good idea i will give it a try.