Adjust your Chevy Corvette hand parking brake if the car has disc brakes or drum brakes. Make the adjustments at home to save time and money by avoiding the mechanic shop. Both techniques require you to raise the car off the ground.
Tools Used: Tire iron, Jack, Jack stands, Screwdriver or pliers
Make Parking Disc Brake Adjustments
Release the hand parking brake by pushing it down to the floor of the car.
Raise your Chevy Corvette off the ground using the jack and support the car with the jack stands. Place a jack stand under each rear wheel.
Remove the rear wheels using a tire iron to loosen and remove the lug nuts. Take the tire off the screws with both hands.
Get underneath the car on the inside wheel well, locate the drum brake that spins around. Rotate the drum around until you can see the adjusting hole.
Loosen the cables that come from the rear wheels. Use your pliers to adjust the adjuster nut located at the curve of the "U" shape on the cable.
Place your screwdriver inside the adjusting hole of the drum brake. Move it up and down to tighten the disc to make it unmovable. Then relax the adjuster six to eight notches.
Tighten the hand parking brake four clicks. Tighten the brake cables at the adjuster nut, then release the hand parking brake to the floor. Lower your car using the jack and remove the jack stands.
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