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Old 01-08-2009, 11:32 AM   #1
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Parking Brake

Anyone know how to adjust the parking brake on our vans? Mine is a 2005 EB with SMB 4x4, but that shouldn't matter as I'm sure all the Ford vans would be the same. I took a quick look expecting to find a "linkage nut" (or whatever you call it) to tighten the cable, but nothing jumped out at me.

Also on a brake related question (not parking brake), anyone else experience "weak" brakes when they first get going in cool weather? I think I read a post from AdventureDuo on the Expedition Portal forum that they experienced this. A couple camping trips ago when I left the camp site straight to some 4 wheeling, I could hardly keep the van from crawling forward in 4wd lo with the brake on at first. It was fine after warming things up. This only has happened once that I recall, so may have been a fluke.

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Old 01-08-2009, 01:52 PM   #2
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I have not yet determined the tightening section on ours yet.

But on the normal brakes, we were leaving camp in the AM and heading home. Our camp was on top of a steep climb.. well our brakes weren't warm or even hot yet... and the pads barely stopped the rig in certain sections of 40 degree descents. It was kind of scary but we were crawling in 4 low anyways. Note: We have stock brakes. After about 3 minutes of continuous use, they worked fine again.
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Old 01-12-2009, 02:56 PM   #3
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Found the following on DieselStop Forum. I've never heard of a configuration like this, but will have to check it out. Has anyone else adjusted their Parking brake this way?

"The parking brake is a drum brake inside the rotor. There are separate shoes.

There is a rubber plug on the backing plate. It you remove the plug there is a star wheel inside. Using a brake spoon, turn the star wheel until there is drag, then back off a little. You'll need to do both sides. A shop maual would help so that you can see a picture of what's in there."

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Old 01-12-2009, 03:07 PM   #4
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I've heard of that before. My old military truck had adjustments like that.
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:49 PM   #5
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Hey Phil,
In the old days you adjusted the brakes by turning the adjusting wheel until the shoe snugged against the drum...then you backed it off 3 turns. I'll bet not much has changed. I would suggest jacking the rear wheels off the ground so you can rotate them and "feel" any friction when the brake is released. There should be no continous friction.
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:55 PM   #6
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Common .... I'm not that old and I had to do that too!

I just find it odd that there is a mini drum brake inside the disc brake rotor. I would have never guessed that. Seems like it should be rather easy to snug it up by spinning the wheel. I still have an old screwdriver that I had bent just for this application.
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:56 PM   #7
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That was supposed to be "Come on .... " not "Common".

Maybe I am that old!
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:58 PM   #8
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Common .... I'm not that old and I had to do that too!

I just find it odd that there is a mini drum brake inside the disc brake rotor. I would have never guessed that. Seems like it should be rather easy to snug it up by spinning the wheel. I still have an old screwdriver that I had bent just for this application.
No kidding, that and my Bronco still has those kind of brakes.


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My wife's old XJ, a 2001 had that kind of wheel and they would never stay adjusted so I would periodically crawl under and tighten them manually. That wheel type adjustment is supposed to automagically tighten when you reverse and brake- not sure about the van-in-disk application though.
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Re: Parking Brake

I just adjusted my parking brake recently. What a pain in the ace. I had to jack up the van, pull the wheel, sit on a milk crate with a tiny mirror takes time and is frustrating. Got it done, but not very fun. I heard it's a separate system for safety.
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