Parking brake cable
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Here is the relevant section from the Workshop Manual:
JTIS - XK8 Parking Brake Front Cable.pdf
Is the cable broken and not just out of adjustment?
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JTIS - XK8 Parking Brake Front Cable.pdf
Is the cable broken and not just out of adjustment?
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The adjuster is illustrated in the PDF in post #2.
Parking Brake Cable Adjustment
1. Raise rear of vehicle and support on stands.
2. Make sure gear selector is in the neutral (N) position.
3. Adjust parking brake cable by rotating the adjusting nut until the parking brake can be applied by raising the parking brake lever 3 to 5 clicks.
4. Make sure that the rear wheels rotate freely when the parking brake lever is released.
5. Remove stands and lower vehicle.
Graham
Parking Brake Cable Adjustment
1. Raise rear of vehicle and support on stands.
2. Make sure gear selector is in the neutral (N) position.
3. Adjust parking brake cable by rotating the adjusting nut until the parking brake can be applied by raising the parking brake lever 3 to 5 clicks.
4. Make sure that the rear wheels rotate freely when the parking brake lever is released.
5. Remove stands and lower vehicle.
Graham
Last edited by GGG; 01-24-2014 at 05:10 PM.
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giandanielxk8 (01-24-2014)
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As Graham says but ................ when I got my car the parking brake was pretty useless and I found that "just" adjusting the mechanism under the car wasn't enough to get it working properly.
Surprisingly for a "luxury / sophisticated" car, the parking brake is NOT self adjusting inside the hubs. The cables stretch - maybe because they are in close proximity to the hot exhausts. Anyway - to do it properly, you need to get the rear of the car on stands, remove the rear wheels, and then position the hole in the disc / hub to be able to poke a flat screwdriver through and push the adjustment "cog" round until the hub starts to bind, then back it off a couple of clicks. Do this both sides - THEN adjust the mechanism under the car so the brake lever works properly. Lots of information and diagrams here if you search on "parking brake adjustment". Easier to do than to describe - shouldn't take more than an hour or so.
Cheers,
David.
Surprisingly for a "luxury / sophisticated" car, the parking brake is NOT self adjusting inside the hubs. The cables stretch - maybe because they are in close proximity to the hot exhausts. Anyway - to do it properly, you need to get the rear of the car on stands, remove the rear wheels, and then position the hole in the disc / hub to be able to poke a flat screwdriver through and push the adjustment "cog" round until the hub starts to bind, then back it off a couple of clicks. Do this both sides - THEN adjust the mechanism under the car so the brake lever works properly. Lots of information and diagrams here if you search on "parking brake adjustment". Easier to do than to describe - shouldn't take more than an hour or so.
Cheers,
David.
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As you said Graham, all I needed to do was clean-up the exposed brake cable. Which I did and then coated it with a couple of coats of Rustoleum paint. I cleaned up and painted the relay lever and the fork ends. The rest of the assembly was in good shape.
When I went to take off the rear tires to set up the parking brake shoes, the tire wrench collapsed, at the 90 degree bend, as I was trying to get the lug nuts off. Didn't look like it had ever been used. I can find a new one but was a pit surprised it failed. Anyone else come across this problem?
When I went to take off the rear tires to set up the parking brake shoes, the tire wrench collapsed, at the 90 degree bend, as I was trying to get the lug nuts off. Didn't look like it had ever been used. I can find a new one but was a pit surprised it failed. Anyone else come across this problem?
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