Grand Cherokee hand brake adjustment ?

[pcn1]

Shall we change this to the Jeep Forum...........


Anyway, going to fit new hand brake shoes to the Grand soon.

If I leave the box in neutral and have both rear wheels of the ground can I turn them by hand to set the brake shoes correctly ? Its not going to try and turn the other wheels or something ???

[Ledaig]

You won't need to turn it far or fast enough to activate the diff's to enable you to feel the brakes catching as you wind the adjusters. Did the same on mine with just one wheel off at a time and it was fine.

Assuming of course you will just turn the wheel by hand and not put it in drive an nail it

[scrwright]

it takes about 2 revolutions to fully lock the varilok. You can feel the brakes binding up much earlier.

[pcn1]

cheers guys

[pcn1]

Had a go at this yesterday.
In the end I set the hand brake shoes to their max, but still allowed the disc (or Rotor if you like)to just slide on and off the hub.
When I turn the wheel the resistance of the drive train means I cant "feel" if the shoes are rubbing or not, untill I adjust too far and it locks up.

Hopefully Ive got it about right to not rub, work properly and pass the MOT