New to site, rear brake question...

[blazin ss]

Hey everybody, excellent site you have here, glad one of my friends turned me on to it. Lots of good info here.

I have a question-problem I hope someone can help me out with on my 2002 SS. My parking brake actuator levers that come out of the rear backing plate make a rattling noise when driving over bumps in the road. I know it is the levers making the noise because when I pull up on the parking brake lever while driving to put tension on the levers, the rattling stops. The rubber boots are a little rotted but those are not available unless you buy the entire backing plate, which I don't want to have to do. (not sure if that would even fix the problem) Does anybody have a fix for this annoying rattle? Please help.

Also, is there an adjustment for the cable?

[Phantompooper]

There is a wee little sprocket near the boot you speak of, it kinda looks like a spur I guess is the best way to explain it. You can manually adjust your parking brake boots by rotating that sprocket with a screwdriver or something. Our cars have self-adjusting parking brakes also, so yours sounds like it's not doing that. Maybe spray a little carb cleaner and some wd-40 in there too just to unstick what might be stuck.

Welcome to The Family, by the way and I hope this helps.

[blazin ss]

Hey Phantom, thanks for the reply, but I think you misunderstand what I'm talking about. The adjuster you speak of only adjusts the parking brake shoe itself, not the cable. I adjusted that already, but that does not give me more tension on the cable. Nothing is sticking, it just seems the cable is a little lose so the arms that the cable attatch to at the backing plate rattle around. I was thinking if I pull the cable a little tighter, that would keep the arms from rattling around. I was also thinking there was an adjustment for the cable possibly under the center console. I went looking for a Chilton or a Haynes manuel but I couldn't find one. (I live in a small town)

[Phantompooper]

www.installuniversity.com
Check out the install shifter thread to learn how to get into the center console. I get what you mean now, yeah I think your best bet is to adjust the cable at the parking brake lever, they get loose sometimes. I don't know exactly how to do it, but that's a start for you anyway.

[mr._bowtie]

You are probably on the right track thinking under the center consoul. There is a cam gear in there that holds the parking brake. You should just be able to readjust a few parts and tighten everything up. Just be carefull not to over tighten it and have your brake on all the time.

[blazin ss]

Thank you Mr bowtie, I appreciate any input. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. Unfortunately, I have to take my car to the body shop today because someone backed into me in a parking lot. (this happened a month ago, the shop is so busy I had to wait a month to take it in for repairs) Then I have a business trip to Atlanta for a week. I won't be able to get to it for another two weeks. So it will be a little while before I can let you know what fixed the problem.

[d-z28]

not familar with newer cars but is ther any adjuster rod at the end of the cable that runs from the handle to where the two rear cables come together at the big c hook

[blazin ss]

Nope. No adjuster there d-z28.