Emergency Brakes
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Racer
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From: My house in the middle of my street GA
Emergency Brakes
Need a little help here. Yesterday I parked my car on a small incline and engaged the emergency brake and stepped out of the car. As i was walking away I noticed the car moving forward ever so slowly. Normally I put it in 1st before leave the car but I just wasn't thinking about it. So I jumped back in the car and put the car in 1st gear. Of course that stopped the moving but it also tells me I need to adjust my e-brake. Does anyone have information on how to do this?
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Got this off the tech tips for you. I adjusted mine using this same procedure when I had the calipers off for powdercoating.
Chuck
http://web.archive.org/web/200306051...=158&TopicID=1
Chuck
http://web.archive.org/web/200306051...=158&TopicID=1
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Got this off the tech tips for you. I adjusted mine using this same procedure when I had the calipers off for powdercoating.
Chuck
http://web.archive.org/web/200306051...=158&TopicID=1
Chuck
http://web.archive.org/web/200306051...=158&TopicID=1
Mine was barley holding and I only had to do the revers roll about 6 times and they tightened up very nicely! 
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Visit this members website...
He has two fixes, on to adjust slack in the parking brake handle (pawl service), the second to adjust the tension on the pads ( pad adjustment).
http://www.ronjpics.com/Corvettestuff.htm
He has two fixes, on to adjust slack in the parking brake handle (pawl service), the second to adjust the tension on the pads ( pad adjustment).
http://www.ronjpics.com/Corvettestuff.htm
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the parking brake in the C5's is notorious for being the suck...I always put it in gear
