katie86

I have a 2000 Cavalier. Are the rear brakes self adjusting, or do I need to adjust manually??

Katie

94VL

The rear brakes self adjust,but the parking brake and its cables do not.

cousincletus

Most of the time the parking brake will not need adjustment. Just adjust your rear brakes and by doing that the parking brake will adjust somewhat. I clean the dust out of mine by spraying with the garden hose. I then dry it with the leaf blower. I just saved a couple of bucks on a can of brake cleaner and it works just as well. Then adjust the brakes manually because the self adjusters never seem to work very well once the car has a little age on it. Lube the star adjuster while you're in there.