How to Adjust Parking Brake 2006-11 Toyota Camry
Created on: 2017-10-24
Check out this video to learn how to replace the parking brake release handle on your 6-11 Toyota Camry. 1A Auto shows you how to DIY it!
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Pry off the hub cap with a pry bar
- Loosen the lug nuts with a breaker bar and 21mm socket
- Raise and support the vehicle
- Remove the lug nuts by hand
- Slide the wheel off the hub
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step 2 :Adjusting the Parking Brake
- Turn the brake rotor to line up the hole with the adjuster
- Turn the adjuster up with a flat blade screwdriver to tighten the adjuster
- Turn the adjuster down with a flat blade screwdriver to loosen the adjuster
- The rotor should turn freely with parking brake off
- The parking brake should hold the rotor when engaged
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step 3 :Installing the Wheel
- Slide the wheel onto the hub
- Start the lug nuts onto the studs with the tapered side facing the wheel
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Torque the lug nuts to 76 foot-pounds in a star pattern
- Line up the hub cap with the valve stem
- Push the hub cap onto the wheel
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step 4 :Priming the Brakes
- Pump the brake pedal until it feels firm to adjust the brake caliper piston
Tools needed
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21mm Socket
Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Torque Wrench
Pry Bar
Jack Stands
Ratchet
Floor Jack
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Use a pry bar or a large flat bladed screwdriver to remove the hubcap. You're going to slide it under the edge. Put that aside. Use a breaker bar with a 21 mm socket and loosen the lug nuts while the car is still on the ground. Raise and support the vehicle. Now we can finish removing the wheel. These lug nuts are pretty loose, so I'm just going to use the socket to take them off. While I'm removing the last lug nut, I'm just going to hold on to the wheel so that it doesn't fall off and take it right off.
We need to adjust the drag on the parking brake. You can turn this so you can see the adjuster. You can put your screwdriver in and just catch between the gears and the wheel, just right. You kind of know that you're turning it because you can hear the springs. So now that's how you'd adjust it so that it's actually really tight. It's holding the brake rotor. So now you know where the limit is. You want to back it off a little bit by turning it back down.
Eventually, if you touch the parking brake pedal, it would self-adjust out, but this way it just gets it closer right away. So now I'm going to reach in and turn it down a little bit. What it's dragging on now is just the brake pads, but that should spin freely enough and of course when you hit the parking brake pedal, it should come out and lock the rear wheels.
It's important to note these lug nuts have a taper. The taper meets the wheel, matches the inside of the wheel. Don't install them with the flat side like this; that is incorrect. Install them with the taper to the wheel. It helps locate the wheel on the lug nut stud. I'm just using the socket and ratchet to bring these down snug before I put the car on the ground. Then torque the lug nuts to 76 foot-pounds, going in a cross pattern. Reinstall the hub cap. I’m going to line up the opening to the valve stem with the valve stem on the wheel. Just push it in place.
Before we start the car, just going to gently press the brake pedal down, not all the way to the floor, maybe about 1/4 of the way and just pump it. This will bring the brake caliper piston out to meet the pads, because we compressed it. You'll start to feel it get more solid as it pumps up.
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