Questions & Answers for: tension emergancy brake

...brake has tension but wont hold. Tightened cable under center console more tension not much more holding power. Looked under car can not seem to trace cable. either need to adjust the emergency brake ...

...brake How do you adjust the tension on the emergency brakes for a 2004? This car has regular shoes on the back not disc. Replace shoes and adjust cable. No parking brake is a sign of worn out shoes. ...

...possible to find the end of the cables at the back wheels and pull the cables back---to release the ...

...brake wont work If you are able to pull the brake and there is no tension then it could be the cable that hooks to the emergency brake. The other thing to check would be the adjustment at the

...the hood, or the emergency brake is not adjusted, or the rear brakes are not adjusted tightly enough to give enough tension to the emergency brake in order for the light to 'go off.' Hope this

...and loosen the emergency brake adjuster to relieve the tension on the cables. Bear in mind that untill you replace the broken cable and readjust the emergency brake, you will have no emergency

...from caliper? Press the parking brake lever with slip-joint pliers to relieve the tension on the brake cable. Grip the cable's end with locking pliers and disconnect it from the parking brake ...

...has no tension going up or down rear wheels not spinning properly I believe you broke your emegency brake cable while it was engaged leaving the emergency brake either all the way or partially

...for a few minutes, but goes on when foot is on brake for a second or two. sometimes the brake light on fords is the emergency brake light , check tension on emergency brake  wire

...fails pulled the relese lever and had no tension on the line at all and didint release the emergancy brake Cables likely rusted, either replace them, or spend time and lots of WD40 to free them