How To Fix Emergency Brake Actuators 2000-06 Chevy Suburban
Created on: 2014-05-28
Learn how to fix the emergency brake actuators on your 00-06 Chevy Suburban by tuning into the detailed instructional video from 1A Auto.
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Loosen the lug nut covers with a 22mm socket
- Pry off the center cap with a flat blade screwdriver
- Loosen the lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 2 :Inspecting the Brakes
- Turn the rotor by hand or turn the steering wheel to turn the rotor
- Check the thickness of the brake pads
- Check the brake pad wear indicator
- Check for gouges on both sides of the rotor
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step 3 :Removing the Brake Pads
- Remove the 12mm bolts from the brake caliper
- Use a large C-Clamp to press into the caliper and push in the pistons
- Pull the caliper aside
- Pry the brake pads off with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the brake pad slides
- Clean the slides with a wire brush
- Apply anti-seize fluid or white grease to the slides
- Push the slides on with a flat blade screwdriver
- If only changing the pads, continue to Step 6 and install the new pads
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step 4 :Removing the Brake Rotor
- Remove he 18mm bolts from the brake caliper bracket
- Pull off the brake caliper bracket
- Pull the rotor off
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step 5 :Removing the E-Brake Shoes
- Remove the 8mm bolt from the e-brake bracket
- Remove the e-brake bracket
- Pull the e-brake shoes forward
- Push the shoes down
- Remove the e-brake shoes by pulling them over the hub
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step 6 :Removing the Adjustor
- Pry off the caps on the adjustor with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry off the adjustor clip with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the pin with a pair of pliers
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step 7 :Installing the New Adjustor
- Push the adjustor clip in place
- Screw the adjustor into the casing
- Push the adjustor and casing into place
- Push the into the cap
- Push the cap in place
- Insert the e-brake bracket in place and tighten the 8mm bolt
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step 8 :Installing the E-Brake Shoes
- Push the shoes over the hub
- Push either end of the e-brake shoe into the adjustor slots
- Adjust the brake shoe with a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer so there's little resistance when replacing the rotor
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step 9 :Installing the Brake Rotor
- Slide the rotor on
- Thread on one lug nut to hold the rotor in place
- Adjust the emergency brake, if necessary
- Put the caliper bracket back into place
- Start the 18mm bolts by hand
- Tighten the bolts to 85 foot-pounds of torque
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step 10 :Installing the Brake Pads
- Install the new brake pads into the bracket
- Put the caliper on
- Thread bolts by hand
- Tighten bolts to 30 foot-pounds
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step 11 :Reattaching the Wheel
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
- Reattach the center cap
- Tighten the lug nut covers with a 22mm socket
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step 12 :Testing the Brakes
- Pump your brakes repeatedly until they feel firm
- Test your brakes at 5 miles per hour and then 10 miles per hour
- Road test the vehicle
Tools needed
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12mm Socket
A Piece of Pipe (for leverage)
Large C-Clamp
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Jack Stands
18mm Socket
Flat Blade Screwdriver
8mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
Needle nose pliers
22mm Socket
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Hi, I'm Don from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and the next time you need a part for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to rebuild the e-brake adjuster on this 2002 Chevy Suburban. The items you'll need for this is a new emergency brake adjuster rebuild kit from 1aauto.com, an 8mm, 12mm, 18mm, and 22 mm socket and ratchet with a piece of pipe for leverage, a flat blade screwdriver, large c-clamp, torque wrench, jack and jack stands, hammer and pliers.
Start off by loosening up these lug nut covers. We'll fast-forward as Don does this. Once those are all loosened up you can pull the hubcap free. Now you want to loosen the lug nuts preliminarily. Raise the vehicle and remove them the rest of the way. Unless you have air power tools, you can do it while it's up in the air.
Then, to inspect your brakes, just run your finger along the rotor, check for any deep grooves. You can look in here for the life of this brake pad, and then through here for the life of the other brake pad. Now remove these two 12mm bolts. We'll fast-forward as Don does that. Now use a large c-clamp. You just put it on this end, on the back of the caliper and on this brake pad and just twist it in. This is going to push the caliper piston in and make it easier to pull the caliper up and off. Now remove the large c-clamp, pull the caliper free and set it aside.
Now pry out the brake pads. Now remove these two 18mm bolts and just use a piece of pipe to help break it free. I will just fast-forward as Don removes those two bolts. Now pull your caliper bracket off and pull the rotor off. There should be a bracket underneath here held in with an 8mm bolt. You'd want to remove that next. Ours is missing. Then after that you can pull your e-brake shoes forward and then hit them down.
Now you just want to pull it over the hub, you have to angle it just right to get it over. Pry off the cap on your adjuster, and pull that little pill out, and then pry off the other end. There's a clip right here. You want to just pry that off as well. If the pill doesn't come out with the cap, just use pliers to remove it.
On the right is the old e-brake adjuster, on the left is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical, and they'll fit exactly the same. The kit also comes with a e-brake shoe bracket.
Push that clip back into place. Screw the adjuster into the casing. Then just push that back into place. Then put the pill back into the cap and push the cap into place. Take your bracket and put it back into place with that 8mm bolt and tighten it up. We'll fast-forward as Don does this. Put your new e-brake shoes over the hub and back into place. Now you want to just put these two pads on the ends of the shoe into these two slots, one on either side of the adjuster here. Once you get one side into the slot, just use a flat blade screwdriver to pry the other side. Once it's lined up, you can just use your flat blade screwdriver to just turn this adjuster. If it's a little stiff just use a hammer and just adjust it so that when you put your rotor on there's just a little bit of resistance.
Slide your new rotor into place, and then twist on the lug nut to just hold the rotor in place while you put the caliper bracket back on. Then put your caliper bracket back into place and replace those two 18mm bolts. We'll fast-forward as Don tightens those up. Then you want to torque these to about 85 foot-pounds. Push your brake pads back into place, and then put your caliper back down into place and replace those two 12mm bolts. We'll just fast-forward as Don does this and tightens them up. You want to tighten these to about 30 foot-pounds.
Put your wheel back into place and then replace your lug nuts and tighten them preliminary, and we'll fast-forward as Don does this. Lower the vehicle and torque the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing pattern. Then replace that hubcap, and tighten up each of your lug nut covers.
Before taking your vehicle out on the road, you want to just pump the brake pedal until it firms up, and then do a stopping test from five miles per hour, then 10 miles per hour. You're all set.
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