Help! How to Release Parking Brake without Linkage?

[fine69]

Another genius move of mine! I have the body off the frame, but forgot to release the parking brake.

The brakes are 'loose' enough to roll the chassis, but too tight to rotate the rear wheels by hand when on jack stands. Yes, these needed to be adjusted beforehand - but I never did it.

I rebuilt the rear brakes some 5 years ago with stainless steel, so there's no rust or anything... (I do recall it was a major PIA to do!).

If someone would please let me know how to release the parking brakes manually, I would deeply appreciate it.... now I gotta go back out there and continue with this prep.

Thank you.

Ralph

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

Remove the rear wheel. There will be two holes through the rotor 'hat' housing the parking brake ass'y. Turn the rotor so that one hole is at BDC then turn the adjuster inside with a flat bladed screw driver. This will allow the shoes to retract.

 

[Hib Halverson]

Get the rear tires off and use a long prybar, locked in two wheel studs to turn the rear rotors such that the adjustment holes line up with the p-brake adjusters, then back off the adjustment.

 

[fine69]

Thanks

Mike and Hib,

Thank you -- that did the trick!

Ralph