Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior GT PARKING BRAKE

I think the parking brake on my '01 GT is stretched a tad & I would like to tighten it up.

How do I adjust it?

Under the car there should be a turnbuckle where the single cable meets the two that go back to the wheels.

I already crawled under. There are two seperate cables running from front to back. So does that mean that the adjustment will be where the handle is, inside the console?

haha i dont know. nice pictures btw lol

Thanks.

take the center console off, and adjust the nut on the handle

I'll try that.

That's what i was goign to suggest

There must be a thread somewhere on upgrading to the short shifter; that article would be useful for figuring out the easiest way to take the console apart.

taking the console apart isn't hard at all, pull your e-brake, put your car in neutral. then pull up the plastic around the e-brake and you should be good to go, there's screws on the side panels of the center console that you can unscrew to get to the lower parts of the e-brake and shift assembly, hope this helps

Undo the 2 10mm bolts in the armrest. Undo the 2 screws on either side of the console by the front of the seats. Remove the shifter housing. Undo the 2 screws below the climate controls. Undo the 2 screws holding in the pwr window switches. Unplug the harness for the pwr windows. Lift up the console. Listen the top nut next to the brake. Use a 10, or 11mm wrench to tighten the bottom nut, or remove the top one, and use a deep socket ratchet. Tighten it down as much as you want, but test it before you lock it down. I have mine set up for 3 clicks max. Tighten the top nut while holding the bottom one with a wrench. Put the console back the opposite way you removed it. That's it. Should take about 5-10 min total.

Thanks!

I remember reading about the parking brake adjustments somewhere. I think it was here or the other site. Oh, it's here. Go to the Tech Info, go down to braking, and download the info.

I got in there this afternoon & adjusted up the parking brake. Its nice & tight now. Went for a few high speed spins in a gravel parking lot to test it out.