How to adjust the parking or emergency brake

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The Parking/Emergency Brake on my wife's 2015 Acura MDX wasn't holding the car when parked on a hill so I needed to do some adjusting on it. Figured it was a good time to make a short video for those that might want to learn this simple maintenance task. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

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@huphamd 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! After brake service at Jiffy Lube, the car would slide down a slanted driveway. Took it back to them and they said "there's nothing wrong with the brakes". Instead of the aggravation of continuing to deal with their incompetence, I adjusted it myself using your instruction. Many many thanks to you.

@redemptiverevelation 3 ай бұрын

Hopefully you learned never to go to a Lube Shop ever again?

@huphamd 3 ай бұрын

@@redemptiverevelationYep. Lesson learned.

@RoughRidersTV 2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

@u-know-this 2 ай бұрын

My mechanic of 15 years didn't know how to do it. He adjusted the pedal instead which caused drag as the pads were rubbing the drum making the wheel real hot. Took it back and he reset it but it was obvious he didn't know how to adjust it . I had already found this video online I will adjust them myself

@RoughRidersTV 2 ай бұрын

@@u-know-this Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

@marksermons 10 ай бұрын

Over 22,000 views, but only 237 likes? Ridiculous! I’m so confused as to why people don’t support helpful videos, but will like and share garbage regularly. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Great video; thanks for the info!

@RoughRidersTV 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

@clintonrice7702 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brother. Easy job.

@OFISHiallyOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you great demonstration

@tonyarmenta1553 Жыл бұрын

Very useful thank you

@kd3623 Жыл бұрын

Does the E brake need to be on when you are adjusting? In other words, from the inside of the car should you pull on your hand brake and then make the adjustment or should it be on the down (disengaged) position?

@happyfcekilla Жыл бұрын

Parking brake needs to be off so the rotors can spin freely. You jack both rear tires up from under the rear differential and use 2 Jack's to secure..

@Itsnotmyname1172 7 ай бұрын

Yes

@tdmgtdmg6283 14 күн бұрын

Is this the same for a Honda civic I changed my back brakes but I unplugged the e brake motor to do get better leverage then I plugged everything back in correctly and now my dash board is lit up telling me to release parking brake but it’s not engaged

@cdpc211 3 күн бұрын

Does the card need to be on neutral to do this?

@leeyonghee2459 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.....

@mosco2147 Жыл бұрын

What did you use as the Jack point to lift the rear end of the vehicle?

@happyfcekilla Жыл бұрын

Rear differential

@TeleportsBehindYou 5 ай бұрын

Your owner's manual may have the jack points listed, both for the floor jack and jack stands. If not, look for some strong flat steel on the suspension

@RetroPCUser Жыл бұрын

Mine needs a major adjustment. Is it a good idea to repair an existing parking brake cable? Mine broke recently.

@RoughRidersTV Жыл бұрын

If the cable broke, then a replacement is the best option. I would not try to repair a broken cable.

@RetroPCUser Жыл бұрын

@@RoughRidersTV the cables are fine. The hanger slipped out of something and let go. I didn't post my comment correctly at first.

@badtothebone346 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this I have to do my rear brake pads and rotors soon and I was wondering how to do this. I wasn't sure how many turns I should do. This cleared so much up for me. Thanks How did you know about backing off 8 clicks?

@RoughRidersTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I have a video on how to do the back brakes/rotors as well, just haven't had time to edit it. As for 8 clicks, this was an educated guess based upon on other cars I've done.

@ahmadalmasri9255 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, such a useful video, are they same steps as 2014 mdx?

@ronnyatdrik4700 Жыл бұрын

Does the E-brake needs to be on during the adjustment?

@mohamedalzoraabdelfattahal8837 8 ай бұрын

@@ronnyatdrik4700does it????

@dickjohnson9582 7 ай бұрын

Quiet mouths and big sticks. Long live the rough riderz

@tims_4x4_garage Жыл бұрын

Why 8 clicks? How do you know how many clicks to back off on your application ?

@miguelquijas7207 10 ай бұрын

Subaru recommends lock then 8 off lock when doing new rese brake pads and rotors. But in this video I counted like 20 lots of double or triple clicks.

@RoughRidersTV 2 ай бұрын

@@miguelquijas7207 It may have sounded like it, but I promise you, it was 8. Several of those were the sound of the screwdriver slipping before it the star rotated. I've been doing this stuff a very, very long time, it's not the first time I've ever worked on the brakes are the car.

@quanje1938 2 ай бұрын

So I have to do this to all 4 wheels?

@andrewgotishan8157 Ай бұрын

No, I have a fwd car and the e brake locks up the rear wheels only

@philjagdon6774 11 ай бұрын

Why not count the number of clicks when expand so you will know how many clicks when to loose. Is it better to ajust you nside where the handbrake is rather than what you did?

@RoughRidersTV 11 ай бұрын

My MDX does not have an hand brake. However, you would not want to do it that way anyway. Counting won't do any good because it will never be the same as the brake shoe wears over time. It's all about how much drag you feel when rotating the wheel. So, just keep clicking until the wheel stops spinning and then back off some clicks so the wheel spins freely yet the show is still close so that it will engage the rotor wall when you apply the parking brake.

@cjblackwell372 8 ай бұрын

I cant believe you showed your license plate and physical address number on video here! You should heavily reconsider that decision

@RoughRidersTV 8 ай бұрын

And do what with it? My lic. plate is visible every time I go out on the road. Everyone can see it, write it down pretty much every day. Privacy is a myth. Every time you use your ATM card, your data is collected and shared. Every time you go online, your clicks are tracked. It's not hard for anyone to find info on anyone else these days. The only way to reclaim privacy is to disconnect from the world and live in a cabin in the woods. Lastly, it wouldn't matter because I've moved states since this video was made, car has new plates anyway.

@gt3jacoby 2 ай бұрын

@@RoughRidersTVguy acts like anyone would track someone down from an ebrake adjustment video😂

@kimchee94112 7 ай бұрын

When the star located on the bottom, the adjustment is opposite.

@RoughRidersTV 2 ай бұрын

It's basically righty/tighty and lefty/loosey when looking at the star nut.

@HappyLeoul 2 ай бұрын

I think it should be done while the parking break is not engaged

@RoughRidersTV 2 ай бұрын

The parking brake is not engaged. Otherwise I would not be able to rotate the disc rotor at all. The idea is to do it until it locks, then back it off so the wheel spins freely. You would not be able to do this if the brake were engaged.

@thomassviknes3943 2 ай бұрын

What if you can turn the wheel while the parking brake is engagde? Is it possible to just do this adjustment then and afterwards the car would actually be held By the parking brake ? @@RoughRidersTV

@RoughRidersTV 2 ай бұрын

@@thomassviknes3943 If the parking brake is engaging at all, it is highly unlikely that you would be able to move the rotor with the wheel off as you would not have the mass of the tire and rim to help nor would you have the leverage you gain from rotating at the edge of the tire instead of at the center. If your parking brake isn't doing anything, then yes, you would be able to rotate it. However, you would be adjusting it until it stops the car so it would get you pretty close to the final adjustment. You would then be able to do some minor adjustments based upon feel of the parking brake pedal. what you don't want is the parking brake dragging even when not engaged as that would cause a lot of friction and heat up the rotor and rotor hat and lead to warping and excess wear.