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1994 Nissan Mistral Repair Question


Topics covered: Parking brake, Brakes, Parking brake cable.
Mileage: 150,000 miles.

Asked on November 26, 2012

Nissan Mistral Parking brake Problem

How do I adjust the hand-brake lever travel? which at the moment is excessive.
Avatar Asked by Fred Gibson

Answer

Replied on November 27, 2012

Is this drum or disc brakes?
If disc, is parking brake incorporated into caliper or drum within disc?
Whichever system, ensure the rear shoes are correctly adjusted first (if equipped).

If parking brake is incorporated into caliper, ensure the parking brake cable can return fully as it is automatically adjusted and if the cable is not adjusted correctly, the lever would get higher and higher as pads wear out.

For adjusting lever travel, you would need to locate the adjuster which I could not find any information of the location in our database. It most probably is under vehicle.

Tiny Answered by KHLow2008 (expert)
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