I have a 2002 Dodge dually with 280k on it , parking break is all the way to the mat..I would like to put new ones on it but they are telling me I will have to pull the axles??? 7 hours labor etc.....is this the real deal or am I being scammed?? Doc

 

On duallys you have to pull axles. Not sure about srw but duallys you do.

Its not hard id do it myself in the driveway

 

Fak! I have to do mine too... Mine has always been mushy... how much of that can be adjusted out?

 

The e brake is inside the rear rotor. There should be a star wheel in there you can try adjusting before you replace them!

 

This has probably been covered ad nauseum elsewhere but... Can any adustment be done at the cable? Or is it best to do the star wheel first? Adjust to contact and back off a half?

 

Lift uo the rear with the front wheels chocked and truck in neutral, adjust the star wheel until it drags slightly to moderate, if that can not be accomplished best to check the shoes before adjusting the cable. Cable is kinda like last resort. The star wheel should be able to adjust the shoes. The ebrake shoes see no use when you have rear rotors besides parking, unless someone drove with the ebrake on there should be no issues with them. If you have drums thats different since the shoes serve two purposes to brake and to park and are much more common to have issues once they wear down in normal use. Sometimes backing up about 10-20 feet and aggressively pressing the brake pedal can help and adjust itself. Sometimes you have to do it a few times but more than likely with drums they need manual adjustment at the star wheel

 

Awesome! Thanks, Wyo! The backup and brake routine has run it's course... That worked for awhile but no longer. It may be time to replace those pads.


Thanks for the rundown! Next comes a search for how to do the pad swap. It's nearly time for pads front and rear anyway...

Thanks!