parking brake

[louisbasle]

i have very little parking brake, if any at all. Probably cable needs to be adjusted. Does anybody know if the parking brake is part of the braking system or is it a separate system, maby on the engine.

 

[xpeschon]

Let me try to expain this in a easy way... If you look near at the rear caliper you will see two NUTS that are on a BRACKET... You need to adjust the cable so that it pull the cable toward the front of the spyder,, this is easy to see if you have a second person press on the parking brake while you watch the motion of the cable,, this is just a simple cable adjustment on the rear brake caliper.. Let us know if we need to explain this any other way.. Wish I had a pic but I'm sure some one will charm in with one.

Joe

 

[xpeschon]

This threat may help in the explaination, Sounds like your is MINOR and not MAJOR so just adjust the two nuts first and see what you get..
Joe

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14022&highlight=parking+brake

 

[GA-SPYDER]

Sounds a little more in depth

Will probably have to re-pisition the arm on the splines.:thumbup:

 

[Tom in NM]

Let me charm into this threat.

Here is a scan of the Shop Manual - on adjusting the parking brake cable.

This is located on the right side of the rear wheel.

Everybody else has described what you need to do, hope the picture helps.

I have adjusted mine a couple of times and as Scotty says, you do not have to jack up the Spyder to do this.

Tom

 

[xpeschon]

That should be able to help him out.

Joe

 

[louisbasle]

thanks everybody for the help will try today to do the adjustment.

 

[wyliec]

This threat may help in the explaination, Sounds like your is MINOR and not MAJOR so just adjust the two nuts first and see what you get..
Joe

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14022&highlight=parking+brake

Take special note of tjfischer's post, if you have to do more than the cable adjustment.