Re: [Chrysler300] G Parking Brake part 2

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxx>]

One thing that helps is to adjust them up tight, before backing them off, 
to center up the shoes in the drum. Driving up and down the driveway a few 
times while applying the parking brake will help to do the same thing.
Mike


At 03:34 PM 3/28/2003 -0500, Richard Osborne wrote:
> Good Afternoon,
>
> I just installed the new parking brake shoes (thanks to Pete Fitch for
> supplying the NAPA part #TS95). They seem to have a decent amount of
> drag now. The service manual says to adjust so that there is a little
> drag and then back off until it spins freely. I have the adjuster at the
> shoes completely turned in (no more adjustment) and the cable at the
> brake pedal is completely free (the nut is backed all the way out).
>
> I did nothing other than clean the brake drum (no turning). Is the drag
> for new shoes normal? Am I missing something?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Richard Osborne