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Originally Posted by radiocontrolhead
The reason why your brakes don't work anymore is because you overextend it everytime you use it. All I use is 4 clicks or 6 when on an incline and put the shifter in 1st just in case the brakes fail. What you did was stretch your brake cables from pulling too hard.
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Unfortunately I don't think this is the case. I am not an avid poster, but having been lurking thoroughly since my purchase in July 2007. There are numerous reports floating around this forum of the parking brake on the Si being weak.
While it is true that it may be overstretched as of now I, please tell me what I was to do when I was utilizing the "8 click" recommended range and forgot to put the transmission into first while on a slight incline... and after letting off the main brakes was treated to a rolling back of the vehicle. I did what anyone would do and yanked up a little harder on the parking brake. Not to the maximum but harder than "8 clicks."
After I noticed the roll I started testing the parking brake on other inclines and found it to be quite weak. Unbeknownst to me at the time was the fact that the only thing keeping the car from rolling during many previous parks was the transmission in first.
In order for the parking brake to perform its intended duty on anything over a moderate incline, it takes nearly all of the clicks there are.
Throughout it all, my original question still stands. Is what I am looking at the right bolt to tighten? Or is the setting on the rear calipers?
Thanks.
-Weaver