The 2001 Chevy Cavalier parking brake has an adjustment bolt on the parking brake assembly. Turn the adjustment bolt to loosen or tighten the parking brake.
The parking brake has an adjustment bolt on the brake shoe. The parking brake cable has adjustments on each end of the cable.
There are five steps on how to adjust the parking brake in a 2001 Ford Explorer. Some of the step-by-step instructions are park the vehicle on a flat surface, place the wheel blocks under both front tires, and disengage the parking brake.
To adjust the parking brake, first open the middle console and remove the small plastic square. Under the square is a bolt that you must loosen. Once this is loosened, take the console cover off. On the driver's side of the parking brake, there is a nut that you can loosen or tighten to adjust the tension of the brake.
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On the drivers side frame rail is the cable adujuster that you can adjust to increase tension on the E brake.
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you must first adjust the rear drum brakes. then and only then can you adjust the cable for the parking brake at the base of the park brake pedal/handle. if you don't do the rear drums first, you will stretch the cable
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How do you adjust the emergency brake on your 2001 S10 Chevy?
You can adjust the e-brake by taking up the slack in the cables. The adjustment is outside the frame rail, under the drivers side of the vehicle, aprox under the drivers seat.
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