Stronger Ebrake

Public Disturbance · Post by **Public Disturbance** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:52 pm

The E Brake in my SE suck even with me having a ATX at the moment and it pulled all the way acts like its not really even engaged. I checked the linkage it looks to be fine and it good condition, same with my rear shoes. Now I see high powered SRT4s that lock the e brake and do crazy burnouts without moving at all is there anyway to get a strong e brake like that.

Themaggots · Post by **Themaggots** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:33 pm

Hydro e-brake set-up. $$$ and a PITA to do.

C1DoG · Post by **C1DoG** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:36 pm

My e-brake works fine and I have an ATX. You checked the linkage to see if it was fine and all that. But did you check to see if it was looser than it should be?

gilly02le · Post by **gilly02le** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:33 pm

tighten the adjusters for the e-brake shoes. They should drag ever so slightly when set up properly, with the wheel spun by hand that is.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:46 pm

gilly02le wrote:tighten the adjusters for the e-brake shoes. They should drag ever so slightly when set up properly, with the wheel spun by hand that is.

You're cables may also be stretched.

Also, it's not recommended, since we have auto-adjustment linkages, but you can also tighten things up by doing the ol' roll-backwards-at-10mph-and-rip-up-the-e-brake trick. A couple of SRT people have done it and swear by it.

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:12 pm

That works, provided the auto adjusters are actually functioning.

That is basically how it is supposed to work; when hitting the brakes in reverse, or when the hand brake is set. Tho I have wondered if the hand brake really helps.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:19 am

JeffM wrote:
gilly02le wrote:tighten the adjusters for the e-brake shoes. They should drag ever so slightly when set up properly, with the wheel spun by hand that is.

You're cables may also be stretched.

Also, it's not recommended, since we have auto-adjustment linkages, but you can also tighten things up by doing the ol' roll-backwards-at-10mph-and-rip-up-the-e-brake trick. A couple of SRT people have done it and swear by it.

yeah... i'm currently doing that after changing all the hardware on my ebrake. the only thing i haven't changed is the cables... it sucks, but... it works

TheDirtyBomb · Post by **TheDirtyBomb** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:38 am

I have a loose feeling e-brake as well. I adjusted the star many times trying to tighten it up. I basically know that I need to replace the cables. My e-brake holds but not to where I would feel safe parking on any sort of a hill.

If your cables are stretched I dont think the backwards role will work. As they will just stretch and not engage fully.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:04 pm

It depends on how many times I pull the e brake

Public Disturbance · Post by **Public Disturbance** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:48 am

I was looking at the KSport hydro ebrake setup not sure how well it would work on our cars also looking into doing a rear disk swap sometime.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:30 pm

A hydro brake lock would prolly work a bit better on disks. Seems a lot of trouble to go through to be able to smoke the front tires. My rear tires lock with the e brake, but all that happens when I let the clutch out, it just drags the rear tires like a crippled cat. Prolly if I dumped the clutch, it might work, but I really don't feel like replacing halfshafts, etc.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:35 pm

I paid a local tire shop like $15 to adjust my parking brake. That SOB is probably the "tightest" feeling brake I've ever felt on a drum set-up.

Public Disturbance · Post by **Public Disturbance** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:43 pm

So I would want to swap to rear disk first