I'm in the middle of tightning my E-Brake and i can't figure out which way to turn the nut on the adjusting screw. I have Drum Brakes on my '86 Camaro. I think i tightened it too much, ...

It's an Automatic.. would the car being in park affect the rear wheels?

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'86 Camaro
2.8 MPFI

 

You tighten the nut in the direction that makes it screw farther onto the rod, so that it pulls the half-moon shaped thing oward the front of the car.

If you over-tighten it, your rear brakes will drag, and will burn up. Set it so that after you adjust the rear brakes up as high as they'll go and you can still get the drums back on, the parking brake (it's not an emergency brake) handle will pull up about 3 clicks.

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports

 

okay thanks..

So, what is the difference between an emergency brake and a parking brake?

 

They used to call them emergency brakes when they were considered a backup to the hydraulic system, which was failure prone in its early days. However, if you are in a genuine emergency and try to stop yourself with that thing, you'll probably hit something. All they're good for is holding the car when it's parked.

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports

 

ya me and my dad have alot of fun with those things its always nice to go 65 in a 2000 6 spd trans am/corvette in a safe area and just slap that bad boy up and get a nice lil 360/180 goin