Hello,
Saab 9-7x (2007 4.2L).
I replaced the shoes for the emergency brake and adjusted it (via the star) so that there is more resistance and fitted tightly relative to the rotor movement.
I also tried the latching trick on the emergency handbrake lever which is meant to self adjust (the instructions were for a Chevy Trailblazer which is identical in many ways).
Nevertheless, the parking brake lever still needs to be pulled up to the top before it has any effect, very weak.
I'm thinking I must have done something wrong when replacing the shoes in terms of adjustment, but I don't think so as I know I adjusted the shoes via star so that the rotor went on very tightly, and one more turn of the star would not have gone on.
There is no brake line adjuster I can play with, so my last option seems to be replacing the brake lines.
Is there anything else I can try before replacing the brake lines?
Thanks for any help, appreciate it!
Saab 9-7x (2007 4.2L).
I replaced the shoes for the emergency brake and adjusted it (via the star) so that there is more resistance and fitted tightly relative to the rotor movement.
I also tried the latching trick on the emergency handbrake lever which is meant to self adjust (the instructions were for a Chevy Trailblazer which is identical in many ways).
Nevertheless, the parking brake lever still needs to be pulled up to the top before it has any effect, very weak.
I'm thinking I must have done something wrong when replacing the shoes in terms of adjustment, but I don't think so as I know I adjusted the shoes via star so that the rotor went on very tightly, and one more turn of the star would not have gone on.
There is no brake line adjuster I can play with, so my last option seems to be replacing the brake lines.
Is there anything else I can try before replacing the brake lines?
Thanks for any help, appreciate it!