e-brake didn't hold
#17
Rennlist Member
Wow...! It could have been so much worse - you lucked out. It might even "buff right out"... Leave it in gear
#18
Not "the" adjustment procedure, but here's what I do:
jack up the rear so both tires lift
click parking brake until the wheels just can't spin by hand - usually 3 clicks or so
use torque wrench now to rotate each wheel to find the "loosest" spinning one
undo 1 lug bolt on the loosest wheel - might need to lower the car or increase the parking brake clicks if you don't have an impact wrench
undo parking brake to rotate the open lug hole to access the parking brake adjuster through the hub
re-click the brake to the original 3 click amount
adjust the clamping force so that the wheels now require the same drag to rotate; if you have no "feel" to accomplish this process accurately, then you may want to quantitatively do this by figuring out how much torque the tighter wheel takes to break free/rotate with your torque wrench, then match that torque to the loosest wheel.
replace missing lug bolt and torque
done!
jack up the rear so both tires lift
click parking brake until the wheels just can't spin by hand - usually 3 clicks or so
use torque wrench now to rotate each wheel to find the "loosest" spinning one
undo 1 lug bolt on the loosest wheel - might need to lower the car or increase the parking brake clicks if you don't have an impact wrench
undo parking brake to rotate the open lug hole to access the parking brake adjuster through the hub
re-click the brake to the original 3 click amount
adjust the clamping force so that the wheels now require the same drag to rotate; if you have no "feel" to accomplish this process accurately, then you may want to quantitatively do this by figuring out how much torque the tighter wheel takes to break free/rotate with your torque wrench, then match that torque to the loosest wheel.
replace missing lug bolt and torque
done!