Parking brake adjustment?
What's the secret to taking up the slack in that lousy, so-called, automatic adjuster mechanism? I've gone through the Helm manual method of pushing forward on the cable, while someone stomps the pedal. Thought for a while that I had it, but it didn't pan out. The pads are hardly worn at all. These things are supposed to hold your truck, plus a trailer, facing up a hill, but I'll bet mine wouldn't hold the empty truck, right now!
Ahhh The ole "Parking Brake" problem
I have an '02 3500 and until last week I never had a parking brake. Oh there was one there but it was as useless as chicken manure on a pump handle. A year or two after I bought it (new) there was a safety bulletin that mandated a cable replacement because there is no adjustment. After that, instead of the pedal going to the floor, it would stop an inch from the floor and still didn't work.
Last week I had the rear brakes replaced and the parking brake works fine. I don't know what they did to fix them, the shoes were not replaced and the drum was not turned.
$560 for a rear brake job but hea... I have 360,000 miles on the truck and these were the originals. 320,000 on the original front pads. I'm not complaining, but it's sure nice having parking brakes with a standard transmission.
Mike