Parking Brake ??????

[Duley3]

How and were do I find an adjustment for this? I have an 2003 5 speed manual trans. When I set the brake and start it to let it warm up the truck rolles away.... This make it hard to find in the dark...lol....

Anyone know where the adjuster dohikky thiny is?

[Teal95Jimmy]

On the driver side next to the frame rail there is a bracket with an adjuster bolt on it. Has the cable on both sides, just tighten the nut, the actual brake shoes my need to be manually adjusted inside the drum too

[the87hyper]

Originally Posted by Teal95Jimmy

On the driver side next to the frame rail there is a bracket with an adjuster bolt on it. Has the cable on both sides, just tighten the nut, the actual brake shoes my need to be manually adjusted inside the drum too

This all depends though, Is it drum or disc brakes? Disc brakes have the parking brake behind the rotor. Mine did the same thing i needed new parking brake shoes. The "shoes" actually use the inside of the rotor as a drum.

[Gabe25]

In most cases. If the parking brakes don't hold. Its like a indicator. The shoes are probably worn and should be replaced.

[Duley3]

Originally Posted by Gabe25

In most cases. If the parking brakes don't hold. Its like a indicator. The shoes are probably worn and should be replaced.

That's what I'm thinking... I made a small adjustment to the turnbuckle deal and still no change in the parking brake. So I'll look into new shoes..

BTW: this has disk brakes in the rear.

[Teal95Jimmy]

"BTW: this has disk brakes in the rear."

Yeah the regular service brakes in the rear are discs, but the actual parking brake is a drum style brake inside the rotor