Parking brake ?

[Supermike]

Hey guys,

Just a quick - and I hope easy - parking brake question. I just got new shoes put all the way around, and a new drum and adjuster kit on the right side. I don't do brake work yet (I need to rely on stopping... haha), so I don't know if this is "normal" or not... but since getting the work done, my parking brake went from going almost to the floor, to now I just *barely* get it to set with one or two clicks.

So... this may be a silly question, but is that normal? Is it simply because the new shoes have little wear right now, and will assumingly depress further as they wear in?

Thanks!

[knightfire83]

Yes this is normal, for the reason you described.

The mechanics could have also adjusted the parking brake cables to raise the PB pedal height after the brake job.

[Supermike]

Cool.... thanks! I was hoping it was just a normal "symptom" of new brakes. I haven't had new brakes in this truck since I got it, but I HAD noticed the PB had gotten less "effective" in the past year. !