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Forum: S-Series Tech 03-30-2023, 12:24 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

It's being suggested to me that if the parking brake cable is set too *tight* at the adjustment nut by the handle, then when the parking brake is pulled there might not be enough motion of the...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-29-2023, 02:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

Ok one last question--

4) The parking brake handle is connected by cable to the brake adjustment mechanism. That's what appears to move the mechanism. So any method to attempt to adjust the...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-29-2023, 12:08 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

Still puzzling this over-- trying to sum up all the questions I still have--

1) So I want to set the adjusters in the brake drums so that there is a *slight drag* on the brakes -- and this...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-29-2023, 12:02 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

For some reason my 97 Saturn SL1 doesn't have any such plug or access hole in the backing plate--
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 04:20 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

Much appreciate the photos and other images, especially of how the two cables join into the one.

However I don't see any holes where I could poke that tool in, either on the drum or on the...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 04:07 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: What is the exact procedure to make the brakes self-adjust?

See, the thing is, looking at the mechanism, it's obvious that only *pulling on the parking brake handle* moves the little prawl that engages the star wheel. I can see the prawl move when I pull on...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 02:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

Also -- re http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=234992&postcount=2p -- is it really that helpful to do the maneuver that violently? What is going on the mechanism that couldn't be...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 01:10 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

I backed up, stopped with the brake pedal, pulled and released the parking brake handle, drove forward, stopped with the brake pedal, repeated the whole process, dozens of times with no luck. So I...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 10:13 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

Thanks, that helps -- it doesn't seem practical to feel the drag on the wheel (/ hub) unless the wheel is mounted. In which case I guess I'm repeatedly taking the wheel on and off during the...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 10:03 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
What is the exact procedure to make the brakes self-adjust?

Before I take anything apart again I want to clarify--

I've been reading about how to make the brakes self-adjust--

See for example this post--...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-23-2023, 09:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

The wheel is back together right now, but the brakes definitely were moving when I pulled on the emergency brake cable.
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-21-2023, 02:51 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

PPS I just notice that the Haynes manual said with wheels off the ground, you should already feel a light drag on the wheels at the *first* click of the brake handle-- *that"* was definitely not...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-21-2023, 12:38 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Re: Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

Thanks-- but that's actually the screw I adjusted. Is there any other adjustment?

PS the handle actually seems to move about the right amount with that nut *full down*-- starts getting tight...
Forum: S-Series Tech 03-21-2023, 10:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,088
Posted By steve seibel
Parking brake ineffective with adjustment screw full tight -97 SL1

I've screwed the adjustment screw all the way in and the parking brake is just barely engaging, won't hold the car on any slope at all.

What might be wrong?

If my recollection is right, the...
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