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Originally Posted by SaxAndLiz
I just installed a new parking brake cable on my 1999 4Runner. The rear wheels are off the ground. To test I put the 4Runner in Drive and slowly pulled on the parking brake lever in the cabin. I can see the driver-side wheel stopping, but nothing happens on the passenger side. When I pull on the exposed parking brake cable connecting the two sides behind the rear axle, the passenger side wheel stops.
The bell cranks are still original, have not been cleaned but seem to move with ease when I pull on the exposed cable. I have tried to figure out how force is transferred to the passenger wheel, but it's not clear. As far as I can tell the cable is held in a protected casing and directly transfers force from the handle to the driver's side. Please help!
-Sax
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I know it's a bit confusing but I did that a week or so ago after a heavy muddy offroading cuz my brakes wont hold and I had the same confusion:
assuming your pads are ok and everything inside the drums is placed properly (check that the internal short piece of cable that the bell crank pulls, is placed properly in its channel otherwise that brake wont hold that wheel as tight) do the following:
1 loosen the two nuts that are on the e-brake lever itself in the cab
2 boot front wheels so the car doesn't move away and lift each rear wheel off the ground (you can do it one by one)
3 remove the two springs on each bell crank
4 detach the ebrake cables from both bell cranks
5 one by one pull by hand each bell crank until you stop hearing the brake pad adjuster mechanism clicking.
Once it stops clicking, you'll feel that when you pull the bell crank the brake pads will hold the wheel and you can't rotate it anymore by hand. Your brake pads are now adjusted to be as close to the drum as possible.
6 attach the brake cable to each bell crank and put the springs back on
7 adjust the cable with the adjusting nut and lock it with the locking nut in the cab It should be around 3 clicks on the cab ebrake lever to hold the 4runner on slight slope (5 degrees)
then start the 4runner and drive at idle speed and pull the e brake all the way. It should be able to stall the engine.
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