01 elantra rear drums

Hi everyone......new to this group, but hope you can help a bit.

just replaced the brake shoes on the rear drums, and the parking brake is
MUCH looser than it used to be. The car is a manual, so I use this brake
all the time. I know that I hooked the cable back up to the shoes, I just
need a bit of guidance on how to tighten up the cable a bit, orhow to the
the self adjusters to work themselves out a bit more.

Or perhaps someone has had this problem, and knows where my solution lays?

Thanks for any help,

andre

 

Did you ratchet the parking brake lever several times to adjust up the shoes
Andre? It may take quite a few to bring up new shoes, but that's what the
manual says to do.

Are you aware of the on-line manuals for the Hyundai? Try
http://hmaservice.com. Register and you'll find a lot of information for
working on your car. You have to use IE though - it's a poorly written web
site and it doesn't respond well to browsers like Mozilla.

 

I'm sure you had to screw in the rear brake adjuster to install the new
shoes. You now need to screw the adjuster (called a star-wheel) out until
the shoes just touch the drum. Of course, you'll need to pop the drum off
to make the adjustment. If the parking brake is still loose after you do
that, then remove the rear portion of the console and tighten the 12mm nut
on the cable until you have the parking brake adjusted.

 

Thank you for the help, I'll give these a shot.

Andre

 

How manny miles do you have on your Elantra ??
My 95 Elantra still has the Original rear brakes 149K miles 2th set of
front pads

 

You better check your rear brakes as it sounds like they aren't working
if they have lasted this long.

Matt