Hey, I was wondering if anyone out there can help me tighten up the Ebrake on my 95 DX with Rear drums, I have seen many posts about tightening the Ebrake, and I have tried the pump method, and also the reverse method... Is there a tightening nut somewhere to tighten it up. I cant get it to catch enough to do much for me... If anyone can help it would be great!

 

I think there's a nut behind a little popoff cover near it.. look for a cover that you can popoff with a standard flathead screwdriver, I think it said that somewhere on a post about ebrake tightening, search for it.

 

take off ur armrest/e-brake cover. Lift the rear end of your car. Lift the ebrake until the first click. Tighten the nut until you feel drag in the rear wheel. HIH

 

I just did this on my 95 integra coupe, thanks for the idea

 

what's this pump method? and the reverse method as well?

 

There's an adjusting nut for the cable, it's located a few inches aft of the handbrake lever. That's for cable-stretch.

There's automatic adjuster mechanisms at the wheels. It's inside the caliper for disks, & it's inside the drum for drum brakes. That's to keep it working as the pads/shoes wear down.

The pump method is for the auto-adjusters at the wheel. If you get new pads & retract the pistons too far, you pump the brakes 50 times to allow the auto-adjuster to 'catch up'. There's usually something similar for drum brakes, where you back up & hit the brakes to let them ratchet themselves into correct adjustment.

Don't use the cable adjuster to compensate for screwed-up wheel adjustment. They're for different reasons.