Parking Brake Adjustment

[Louie & Linda]

Is there anyone familiar with the proper adjustment process for the parking brake?

2005 FDQS

[Dave Fernandez]

Hello Louie & Linda:

I do not know the proper adjustment of the parking brake but I did adjust mine by feel. With the wheels chocked and the parking brake released I removed the clevis pin, pushed up on the parking brake lever by hand and tightened the adjustment to fit the lever. I feel that you can not over adjust/tighten the parking brake if just using your hands. The parking brake holds just fine and I have only adjusted it once.

[EngineerMike]

Dave- any guess as to # of miles on when you did the adjustment?

[Louie & Linda]

E Mike

I have 52,000 on the 05. We stopped at an RV park in Mississippi a week or two ago and the entrance was on a slope. The brake would not hold the coach, had to keep the service brake applied. I examined it after arriving home and found 50 - 100 thousands clearance on the top shoe with the brake set. I plan to use Davids technique and adjust. I just wanted some thinking from other heads before I proceded.

[Dave Fernandez]

To answer your question Mike:

I had a similar event with our 2001 with about 20,000 miles and that was several years ago.

[EngineerMike]

Maybe good preventative maintenance every 10-15K.