Help me tighten up my parking brake

[yoyoceramic]

Hi everyone, first time poster here.

I have been driving my 2002 nissan sentra ser spec V for several years now, and the parking brake has always been sub par. The manual says that the brake should be able to hold my car on a hill in only 5-7 "clicks", however I require nearly 12 - "max range" clicks to hold it on a hill.

I have brought it into the dealer, and all they do is tighten the little nut that sits at the base of the parking brake lever.

It seems to me this should not be a difficult fix for the individual owner to accomplish, so tell me, how can I do it?! I want to tighten the cable so that I get a firm, solid locking of the rear brakes when I need to pull the handle.

Have any of you done this successfully or perhaps can point me in the right direction?

Thanks

[nametakennow]

While I'm not sure why 12 clicks is such a crime, I can point you in the right direction here.

Try looking it up in the FSM (link in my signature below this post). There may be a way to tighten the cable a bit more by getting rid of some slack somewhere further back.

edit: FSM only lists tightening the nut, so nevermind checking there. You'll have to actually follow the route of the cable and see if there's anywhere to tighten it up. I think you're out of luck, though, short of cutting or tying off the cable (which would probably be a bad idea), I doubt there'll be much change available.

Welcome to NICO!

[djoxide]

this will help you for sure, i gotta do this myself soonhttp://www.b15sentra.net/forum...05372

[nametakennow]

That's the exact same procedure the dealer has done for the OP.