INITIAL ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE Be sure parking brake lever is fully released. Fully apply the vehicles service brakes 2 to 3 times by depressing the brake pedal as far as possible. This will cause the automatic adjuster mechanism to correctly adjust the rear drum brakes. Apply and release the park brake lever one time after the service brakes have been correctly adjusted. This procedure has correctly adjusted the vehicle's rear service brakes.
They should adjust themselves every time you back up ans stop. Try backing up and applying the parking brake and see if that adjusts them. If not you will need to adjust them manually. There should be a slot on the brake drum backing plate underneath the car on the backside of the drum assembly. It should have a rubber plug. Remove the plug and with a drum brake adjustment tool, turn the star wheel to tighten the brake shoes against the drum. Tighten it until the wheel can no longer be turned. Now back it off until the wheel just turns freely.
It is most likely the 2 use different metering valves (proportion valves ) Rear drum and rear disc usually have different pressure requirements in relation to the front brakes. The master cylinder might be different as well.
There are rear drum brakes on the 2000-2003 neons. You will need brake spring tool to change the drum pads. Haynes repair manual, Dodge Neon 2000 thru 2003. Book #30036 This book can answer almost any question and is a must if you work on your own car. Plus it's only $20 Are you sure that your 2001 Neon has Drum brakes? I have a 95 Neon that has 4 wheel Disc brakes meaning that there are no Drum brakes on a Neon.Just look around your rear wheels and see whether they are drum or disc,I believe there is discs on all four wheels on a Neon.
Brakes are adjusted too tight. Brakes are misassembled. Brake hose is restricted, holdings the brake on.
If there are disc brake, it could be frozen caliper slides or a frozen caliper piston. If they are drum brakes, it could be a frozen wheel cylinder.
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I wasn't aware they still came with drum brakes... I've owned three and they've all been 4-wheel disc. If drums were still an option, it will take replacing all factory parts which are different from drums to discs and could be very expensive. This may include the wheel speed sensors and possibly the ABS unit itself. It doesn't sound worth the effort.
Loosen the set screw.
Well, I don't have a 95 Stratus, but this situation sounds like the gas tank is empty.
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HI ! WHAT KIND? DO YOU MEAN THE MATERIAL USED IN THE PADS? SEMI-METALLIC PADS AND SHOES ARE THE NORM. WHAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF BRAKE MECHANICALS? MY 95 HAS DISC BRAKES UP FRONT AND DRUM BRAKES IN THE REAR. YOU CAN FIND OUT FOR SURE BY CALLING YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR BY GOING TO THE HYUNDAI WEBSITE TO CHECK OUT THE SPECS ON YOUR VEHICLE.IT IS ALSO IN THE BACK OF YOUR OWNERS MANUAL UNDER SPECIFICATIONS AND BRAKES. HOPE THIS HELPED YOU.