i'm sort of a noob, so if i misscommunicate what a certain term is i apologies ahead of time. I have an 01 accord ex 5sp coupe and recently changed my rear brakes but have discovered a problem. my e brake does not hold on hills. i've pulled apart my center console and tightened my e brake line but noticed that the brake lines to the lever are uneven. not sure if this is a problem...

anyhow, i tried that and it has not fixed my problem. Please please please let me know what else i can try.

thanks ahead of time,
joe

 

Did you replace the rear calipers?

If you did or even didn't, I would check the parking brake cable connection to the calipers. Maybe you knocked it off when doing the brakes? Also have someone pull the e-brake and see if there is any movement in the arm of the caliper the e-brake is attached to.

 

Thanks a lot! I'll def try that out. I'll let you know how it goes

 

You would have had to twist the rear caliper pistons in to make room for the new pads, right? That's the handbrake auto-adjust mechanism. Twist too far & the handbrake is loose. You can go back & twist the pistons back out a bit to take up the slack, or you can operate the brakes like 200 times to allow the auto-adjust mechanism to take up the slack.

 

That would make sense as i did twist them all the way in. Thank you for the input! :-)