Adjusting E brake cable

[Unleash-The-Beast]

So I found a thread in here that showed me the location of the adjustment for the e-brake cable above the resonator. So I got my car up on a lift to look and it appears I can't get to it unless I removed resonator. Just wondering if anybody has an idea of how to do this without removing the resonator?

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[Cory S]

Why would you need to?

 

[Vlad Soare]

Stupid question, I'm sure, but what's an e-brake?

 

[Ontheedge]

Stupid question, I'm sure, but what's an e-brake?

Its the emergensy brake, aka your handbrake.

 

[Ecoboosted]

No need to remove anything. I believe I used a 10mm wrench and was able to adjust it.

 

[2017GBGTPP]

Come in from the back and use every extension you have and a swivel adapter if you have it. The nut should be on the left side facing rearward.
The first time I did it I just used the extensions and twisted by hand.

 

[David Schmidt]

I took the plunge and tightened mine up today. I'm not quite flat enough to get where I needed to be under the car, but my ramps proved to give plenty of clearance. That was good advice to use all available extensions - it was probably flexy enough to do the job as is, but I added a swivel just to be safe. Mine took a lot more turns than I was expecting, but in the end I have a handle with no play any more. Holds well on my hill without the emergency brake creaking now, which was the goal. :-)

 

[Johnnybee]

Stupid question, I'm sure, but what's an e-brake?

Ask Anton Yelchin...oh, yeah, you can’t. If he’d used his he’d be alive. As well as a five year old Toronto girl who died after being pinned between two vehicles when another parent “thought” their SUV was in park.

 

[Unleash-The-Beast]

Why would you need to?

I have too much play in the cable and the handle comes up so easily that even on the highway a little bump with my knee and my cruise control turns off.

 

[Unleash-The-Beast]

Okay guys, I guess I wasn't very bright cuz I looked at it from the side and didn't think about trying to look at it from behind to see if I could get to it. I'll throw it back up on my buddies lift next week and try it again.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Here’s everything regarding the e-brake system:

 

[David Schmidt]

Okay guys, I guess I wasn't very bright cuz I looked at it from the side and didn't think about trying to look at it from behind to see if I could get to it. I'll throw it back up on my buddies lift next week and try it again.

Dude, if you have it up on a lift - you'll be done in 5 minutes. Easy peasy.

 

[green97probe]

Here’s everything regarding the e-brake system:

Cobra Jet,

Thanks for that. I have to adjust the parking brake on my GT since the service department failed to do it.

 

[Vlad Soare]

Ask Anton Yelchin...oh, yeah, you can’t. If he’d used his he’d be alive. As well as a five year old Toronto girl who died after being pinned between two vehicles when another parent “thought” their SUV was in park.

There's no need for sarcasm; my question was genuine.
I know what a handbrake is, and I use it all the time. I just didn't know it was called an e-brake. At first I thought that the 'e-' might be referring to an electric handbrake, but the Mustang doesn't have that (and even if it did, there would be nothing to adjust to it), hence my confusion.

 

[Unleash-The-Beast]

Here’s everything regarding the e-brake system:

Cobra jet, I don't know where you got this PDF from but it's amazing. Thank you very much for that.

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