03 350z Parking Brake Shoes... (New Owner)
Hey guys, I recently bought a 03'350z 6 speed manual Touring and am in love with the car. Am also new to the forums. However, there's one problem... the car needs new parking brake shoes as the car rolls when parked on an incline, unless parked in gear. My only question is, does each rear wheel have only ONE shoe or TWO shoes? Need to know so I could buy the right quantity of shoes off of rockauto. Really want to get this done before the winter comes around. Thanks!!
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2 shoes per wheel, and you need to park it in gear and pull the brake lever tight. Our E brake sucks
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
(Post 10494567)
2 shoes per wheel, and you need to park it in gear and pull the brake lever tight. Our E brake sucks
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Can anyone point me in the direction to DIY parking brake shoe replacement? Or is it easy? I am not a mechanic nor have I done much to my car but I've tried searching and haven't found anything on replacing them. Any help is muchhhh appreciated! Already ordered the shoes!
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Simple, and you can do one side at a time, then you have an example to look at
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All of the kits on rockauto should come with all the shoes you need to replace them. You should only have to buy 1 kit.
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Also, parking with it in gear isn't guaranteed. I've always parked my car in neutral with the parking brake set. My last house had a pretty damn steep driveway. I had to pull the parking brake to the last click but it would hold. 1 click less and it would roll down the hill.
Put it in gear without the parking brake and it would roll down the hill... My brother's parking brake broke in his F250. Luckily it's the 7.3L, 6sp manual and has a manual shift transfer case. Put it in granny gear and click it into 4 low and it wont roll anywhere no matter how steep the hill. |
Try adjusting the e-brake before replacing shoes. They wear, but not quickly. Line the rotor up with the hole at 12 o'clock and pop the plug out and you can turn the adjuster. I set it so that with the lever up 4 clicks the rotor won't turn. I haven't found a hill yet that the e-brake won't hold, even with the car in neutral. They do loosen up over the years and require adjustment.
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\Bought my PB shoes off of rock auto and assumed that quantity of (1) meant one brake shoe. So I entered quantity of (4) and they ship me (16) brakes shoes... lol
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Originally Posted by kilogram
(Post 10500529)
Try adjusting the e-brake before replacing shoes. They wear, but not quickly. Line the rotor up with the hole at 12 o'clock and pop the plug out and you can turn the adjuster. I set it so that with the lever up 4 clicks the rotor won't turn. I haven't found a hill yet that the e-brake won't hold, even with the car in neutral. They do loosen up over the years and require adjustment.
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How to Turn eBrake Adjuster?
What technique/tool do you use to turn the ebrake adjuster?
I've done these on other autos and, it wasn't so bad. On the Z, a flat blade screwdriver seems to slip off more than it turns the adjuster. The whole in the rotor/wheel is just too small and at a bad angle to turn the adjuster. |
Originally Posted by tharais
(Post 10663808)
What technique/tool do you use to turn the ebrake adjuster?
I've done these on other autos and, it wasn't so bad. On the Z, a flat blade screwdriver seems to slip off more than it turns the adjuster. The whole in the rotor/wheel is just too small and at a bad angle to turn the adjuster. |
Originally Posted by CNunes_95
(Post 10494551)
Hey guys, I recently bought a 03'350z 6 speed manual Touring and am in love with the car. Am also new to the forums. However, there's one problem... the car needs new parking brake shoes as the car rolls when parked on an incline, unless parked in gear. My only question is, does each rear wheel have only ONE shoe or TWO shoes? Need to know so I could buy the right quantity of shoes off of rockauto. Really want to get this done before the winter comes around. Thanks!!
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Thanks guitman. I'll try again.
I had turned them all the way in when I put new, Stoptech rotors on pretty recently. Somehow, I managed to get one side backed out reasonably and the rotor on. But ended up with the driver's side way too lose. I was waiting, hoping they might self-adjust while backing up with brake applied, like old fashioned drum brakes used to do. But of course, no such luck. So, it pulled the wheel last weekend for a pm check anyway, and gave the adjuster a shot with a small, flat blade I had handy. It was futile. And, I didn't have time to really try different sizes and techniques of attack. Like I mentioned in the original post, I was used to doing this on old, American iron with rear drum brakes and that was a cakewalk compared to the Z. |
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