[97gtstang]

I am trying to adjust the rear drum on 93 because the parking brake does not catch on that side. I have the drum off, but the metal bracket that the cable is attached to seems to be loose and not connected to anything. any input would be great because I have to put it all back together in an hour or so since I have work and live at an apartment.



The bracket is there by the star adjuster and you can see its the shiny part that runs by where the axle is... should it be lose like that? I can tell that the ebrake cable works well because it moves that but I can not get it to adjust the brake. I just saw a vid that said to do it from the back side so if that piece is suppose be like that then I will close it up and adjust that way.

[40twist]

hard to tell from the pick but there should be a hook on the end of the cable...looks like it broke off in the pic.

[97gtstang]

Double post

[97gtstang]

Ok thanks. It was hard to get good pictures because the axle is in the way. I tried to get the other drum off to compare them but it's rusted to the axle and I didn't have a big enough hammer . The top of that bracket has a grove in it so I susspect it hooks to something but with the axle there not alot if work room.

Edit. I found a blown up picture, its drawn as if you are looking at the passanger side



I can not tell from this picutre what the retaining clip looks like

[97gtstang]

Ok well you were partialy right. I just decided to jump in and pull everything of even though I've never played with drums before and I couldnt get the passangers side off(even soaked with wd40) to have something to compair. After pulling shoes of I could see that at the top of the rear shoe there was a hole, and on top of the parking brake lever there was a "hook" that fit in the grove. Put it in the grove and BAM the parking brake works in three clicks instead of 90 degree pull and only partial hold.

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