E-Brake WAY too loose!
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AG DesignWorks
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Could be that the protege is a FWD car with about 100whp. It barely has enough power to get out of its own way. And You don't have a drift car, your econobox ebrake is meant to hold the brakes, not lock up the rear tires while you're driving. And you were going way too slow to get the car sliding anyway.
hornsfan10609
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
There is a nut next to the ebrake handle that you can tighten, just pull the trim up. Otherwise you may have to adjust it at the rear brake caliper.
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Yep is 10mm ircc... mine used to be so loose that my car would literally roll out of my driveway tell i adjuted it.
protege5_dude
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now i know how to fix mine too(dance)
lol u guys misunderstood me i wasnt trying to drift the damn thing. hell no lol. i'm not that stupid. I was on a empty backroad and i was going straight. i just wanted to see if the ebrake has enough force to even lock the tires. And trust me it barely holds the car on my driveway. i have to pull it almost the whole way up. I'll look into the nut today.
Thanks guys
Thanks guys
hornsfan10609
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Technically parking brakes have a pedal and emergency brakes have a handle, so it is an e-brake.
Yeah, I tightened my e-brake cable with the nut after I got, it use to pull almost vertical before it would hold the car now it's about three or four clicks. If you jack the rear of the car up the rear wheels shold move freely with the handle down. I tightened mine till there was a slight drag then back it off a bit till they moved freely again and was set. You could also have some one go by the back wheels as you roll down a hill backwards slowly if they hear brakes rubbing it's to tight. JUst my two cents
CheeseHelmet
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You can also adjust how far the caliper's piston sticks out when the brakes aren't on; you might need to set yours out a bit if the pads are worn. This adjustment will greatly effect your parking brake's ability to lock-up the rear wheels. I have to do this on my car because even with the parking brake adjustment screw turned all the way, the parking brake can barely hold the car on the driveway.
See the rear brakes section of this site to learn how to make the adjustment: http://www.thinkythings.org/p5/brakes.html
See the rear brakes section of this site to learn how to make the adjustment: http://www.thinkythings.org/p5/brakes.html
So if i follow your logic -
I should not use my emergency brake to help hold the car when parked on a hill...
And my Durango parking brake can't help me stop in the event of a total brake failure (after down shifting as much as possible first of course)...
(enguard)
i suspect it is just semantics.
hornsfan10609
Certified Mazda Tech
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That's just what I always thought the difference was, handles are easier to pull in an emergency than a pedal.
thanks guys. the brakes were rubbin a bit.
I am thinking its an emergency brake cuz its just a cable. it doesnt look like it runs on fluid like all the brakes do. so if lets say ur fluid is too low, then u wont have any pressure to close the caliper. thats where the cable E-brake comes into play.
Idk i'm not a mechanic(2thumbs)
I am thinking its an emergency brake cuz its just a cable. it doesnt look like it runs on fluid like all the brakes do. so if lets say ur fluid is too low, then u wont have any pressure to close the caliper. thats where the cable E-brake comes into play.
Idk i'm not a mechanic(2thumbs)
ornithology
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Ok, so I have this problem too. When I park the car on a slant, I noticed the e-brake can't hold it as the car will start moving slowly forward. However, once I step on the brake it will hold it. This is weird. According to what I've currently witnessed on my car, is the e-brake basically a manual lever that causes the rear disc brakes to engage via a cable rather than hydraulics? Or is it actually a seperate brake? This FREAKED me out today when I was getting out of the car and it started rolling forward! What I did was just engage the transmission into gear, step on the brakes and hope it doesn't continue to move forward. OP, is this the same situation you have or were you just wanting to tighten the e-brake?
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ornithology
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Another thing is, where is this hex screw that adjusts the e-brake cable? I've searched all around my center console and can't find it near the e-brake?
Edit: NVM, found this- http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123728583&highlight=e-brake
Edit: NVM, found this- http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123728583&highlight=e-brake
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CheeseHelmet
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The parking/emergency/etc brake uses a cable instead of hydraulics to engage the rear calipers. Should your regular brakes fail, you still have a mechanical linkage which you can use to (slowly) bring the car to a halt. Also, it's used for parking so you don't have to make you transmission/clutch hold the weight of your car.
If yours isn't tight enough there's an adjustment screw that you can tighten right next to the lever (it's a 10mm bolt). You also might want to take off your back tires and have a look at the pads to make sure that they're not due for a change or if they're wearing unevenly.
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