I feel like my Parking Brake needs to be tighten. I have a 2000 4Runner. I have to pull the brake all the way and it still feels like the brake should be grapping tighter.

Is it possible for me adjust this myself or have a shop do it?

BTW, when the E-Brake is engaged do all 4 brakes grab?

 

It's not the E-brake ,adjust the rear drums and your E-brake will work again.

 

As already mentioned, you need to adjust the rear drum brakes.



No, just the rear drums.





Fred

 

with a proper working Ebrake and rear drums every time you pull the Ebrake it should adjust its self I would first remove the little rubber check plug on the back brake drums and check the thickness or your rear shoes then adjust them if they are not to worn down.

 

There was a good thread on here about pulling the brake while backing up at a slow speed.... cant remember the rest but it worked well on mine...search and see what you can find

edit... i think that thread is now gone.. ill search to see what i can find. I remember it talked about how many clicks it should take for the brake to be tight. Put the truck in reverse and let it roll with your finger on the release button pull the brake handle untill the truck stops and repeat process a few more times. After that check and see how many clicks it takes for the brakes to fully engage.

 

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...arking+tighten

 

That worked for me too. It left me with just as many questions as answers though: Why do you need to be going in reverse for this to work?

 

I don't know why the resistant to simply adjusting the rear drums.
Hell, it's, literally, a 10 ~ 15 minute job.
Just did mine this morning.





Fred

 

Ive been looking for an answer for a while now and this thread seems to be the closest and most recent to address it. My ebrake works but it takes too many clicks to lock in. It also rattles (at the handle) at high speeds from what seems to be slack in the cable. If I pull the handle up slightly it stops rattling. Can the cable be adjusted using the rolling back and handle pumping trick or do I need to go under and manually tighten the cable? If I need to go under then where am I going and what am I looking for exactly? Thanks.

 

By pumping the e-brake in reverse it is a 2 minute job and you don't have get a single tool out or change clothes.

 

It sounds like your ebrake does need some adjusting. Try the method mentioned here first. If it is still too loose after adjusting, you can tighten the cable by tightening the nut that attaches the cable to the handle. You'll probably have to use a socket with an extension but it is located near the base of the handle and is not too hard to get to. That took care of my rattling noise.

 

The cable that comes to the handle seems to have 2 small nuts at the top. It seems that is where the noise is coming from. I can pull that part of the cable up and it seems to stop the rattling but eventually goes back down and rattles. Is that the place to tighten the cable? I will go out and take a pic of the place in question if need be.

 

IIRC, my cable only has one nut on it but that is where I tightened it, right where the cable attaches to the handle. I probably had the exact same rattle and that fixed it for me. I don't know why you would have 2 nuts and mine only 1 but I bet tightening them would fix your rattle. Good luck!

 

Here is what it looks like. This is the screw that I can grab and pull up on to stop the noise. Is this the right one to tighten? Thanks

 

Yup, that looks like the one. Just tighten it down a little bit and take the truck out for a spin. If it still rattles, just repeat the process until you are happy with the results.

 

ok cool. Ill try tightening it. I hope its not metric.

 

Ummm... It's a Toyota... everything on it is metric.

 

Yea, I forgot the smiley face. I tightened it up just fine with a 10mm. No more rattle!!! Im psyched, thanks for all the help.

 

Ahhh... Good to hear you got it fixed.

 

Did you also ensure that your rear brakes were properly adjusted before tightening the cable?