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1990 Jag XJS parking not working. Replaced all rearend ...
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1990 Jag XJS parking not working. Replaced all rearend brake parts. Parking handle does not seem to engage the brake pad.

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Status:  Closed   Value: $30
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October 24 5:44 PM (3 minutes and 4 seconds later)
         

Hi, welcome to JA.

  • How many miles are on this Jag?
  • Does the parking brake handle feel loose, or easy to pull up?
  • What parts were replaced in the rear?

~Rip

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October 24 5:48 PM (4 minutes and 27 seconds later)
         
both rotors and pads and emergency brake pads.this car has approximately 90000 miles
the brake handle is very hard and feels like it should lock the wheels up but doesnt.
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October 24 5:53 PM (4 minutes and 18 seconds later)
         
  • How much would you say the handle moves?
  • Were the old e-brake shoes worn?
  • Was the e-brake operational before replacing the parts?

~Rip

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October 24 5:55 PM (2 minutes and 30 seconds later)
         
all the way up if you pull very hard.
yes to an extent of needing replacement.
no it would not hold the car and did not pass state inspection
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October 24 6:10 PM (14 minutes and 21 seconds later)
         

Thanks,

  • If you jack up the rear, and pull the handle all the way up...can you move any of the rear wheels by hand? Or do they seem locked?

~Rip

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October 24 6:11 PM (1 minute and 27 seconds later)
         
seem to lock but car will pull itself forward during vry light acceleration
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October 24 6:16 PM (4 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
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Alright, sounds to me like all that it needs is the rear e-brake shoes adjusted so that they barely touch the inside of the rotors. Your problem was probably just work shoes, to begin with...but after installing the new shoes, you need to adjsut them so that as soon as the brake handle is pulled up, they start pressing against the rotor. Below are the factory written procedures for the e-brake shoes replacement.

~Rip

  1. Remove rear caliper.
  2. Release parking brake, then remove rotor.
  3. Fully loosen adjuster (1) and remove shoe hold-down springs (7).
  4. Ease two shoes (2) complete with adjuster assembly away from torque plate (6).
  5. Remove adjuster upper return spring (4), brake shoes and lower return spring (3).
  6. Install new brake shoes with lower spring in position.
  7. Connect adjuster and upper spring to shoes and secure with hold-down springs.
  8. Center brake shoes and wind out adjuster until disc/drum can be installed.
  9. Install and tighten disc/drum securing screw.
  10. Continue to adjust shoes until they touch disc/drum. Be sure parking brake lever is fully OFF and reconnect parking brake cable.
  11. Loosen adjuster until disc/drum can be rotated without excessive drag. Light running contact is permissible.
  12. Lift caliper carrier into position and tighten securing bolts.
  13. Install lockwire to lower bolt and twist up to correct length for upper bolt.
  14. Install brake pads and caliper.

 



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October 24 6:25 PM (9 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
Covered all that.
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October 24 6:26 PM (1 minute and 7 seconds later)
         
Covered all that.
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October 25 11:39 AM (17 hours and 7 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
Car has disc brakes not drum. Everything appears to work but brake will not hold car.
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October 25 12:29 PM (34 minutes and 11 seconds later)
         
Let me check that.
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October 25 2:19 PM (1 hour and 41 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
Does not have the Y cable. Brakes are mounted in the middle of the rear end.
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