Drove with E brake on
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Back when I was first having the problem this did not solve the issue or improve things. I tried that numerous times. Bear in mind too that the car was not very old at the time either, so it's not like buying a used vehicle with high miles and everything has rusted/corroded. The "self-adjust" mechanism was poorly designed
on C5s. Once adjusted after pulling the wheels, caliper and rotor off it will stay adjusted for years.
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From: Louisville Kentucky
Are you serious? This is actually how you adjust it?
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ah yes..
i remember starting to drive my c5 and after a few minutes saying to my dear wife "gee,i wonder what that smell is? a few more miles and you KNOW it isn't somewhere else it's YOU! no damage either..BUT i bet you'll never do it again...one of the first things i always check in c6
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The rear rotors on C5 have a small brake drum on the inside. There is a brake shoe that applies pressure to the surface of the brake drum when the parking brake is engaged. This system is independent of the braking system and can be completely removed without any effect on the performance of the braking system.
Check out this PDF that show the parking brake system and how to change shoes and adjust the parking brake.
http://www.ecklers.com/assets/pdf/50366.pdf?
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From: Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
The rear rotors on C5 have a small brake drum on the inside. There is a brake shoe that applies pressure to the surface of the brake drum when the parking brake is engaged. This system is independent of the braking system and can be completely removed without any effect on the performance of the braking system.
Check out this PDF that show the parking brake system and how to change shoes and adjust the parking brake.
http://www.ecklers.com/assets/pdf/50366.pdf?
Check out this PDF that show the parking brake system and how to change shoes and adjust the parking brake.
http://www.ecklers.com/assets/pdf/50366.pdf?
By Federal Law (D.O.T. regulation) all parking brake systems on vehicles sold in the U.S. must be mechanically operated. Even on 4 wheel disc brake cars without a drum type parking brake such as ours, if the rear pistons are used to apply the parking brakes, they must be mechanically actuated. That's why the rear caliper pistons on cars that DO use the rear pistons (and pads) also as a parking brake, have special pistons with a self-adjustment mechanism built into it. The self adjustment mechanism compensates for normal pad wear to ensure that the parking brake will also still function when applied and the mechanism must be retracted back into the piston when doing a normal brake job. That type is a "dual use" rear brake designBe glad we have the design we do. It's simpler, less expensive and will (once adjusted properly) basically last the life of the car in most cases.
Oh, and BTW, Vegasvette is correct, they are shoes in our design, not pads. Even GM refers to them as shoes.
HTH
Last edited by LoneStarFRC; Sep 24, 2007 at 01:42 PM. Reason: %%$**#*&@#! typos
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From: Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
If the system is working as intended, I agree. It's worth a shot since it's easy to do, just don't get your hopes up.
Back when I was first having the problem this did not solve the issue or improve things. I tried that numerous times. Bear in mind too that the car was not very old at the time either, so it's not like buying a used vehicle with high miles and everything has rusted/corroded. The "self-adjust" mechanism was poorly designed
on C5s. Once adjusted after pulling the wheels, caliper and rotor off it will stay adjusted for years.
Back when I was first having the problem this did not solve the issue or improve things. I tried that numerous times. Bear in mind too that the car was not very old at the time either, so it's not like buying a used vehicle with high miles and everything has rusted/corroded. The "self-adjust" mechanism was poorly designed
on C5s. Once adjusted after pulling the wheels, caliper and rotor off it will stay adjusted for years.
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From: Wesley Chapel, FL Las Vegas, NV
Team Owner
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From: Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Too bad the self adjusters on our cars are so unreliable.
