weak e brake, this sucks, help please?

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s13.silvia
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1. you can only use e brake when its fully upright, not so good on drifting.2. its too weak, barely holds

i dont know how to fix it, what can i do. i want to drift!!!


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churro
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pull the e-brake up and use a deep socket 10mm to tighten the nut on the underside.

Chukidori
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s13.silvia wrote: what can i do. i want to drift!!!
1. You can fix your ebrake by doing that the guy above me said2. Learn to drift with weight transition techniques and not using the e-brake.

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churro
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Weight transition owns. There's a fine line between under steer and over steer that takes a while to pick up.

Jonnie Fraz
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Like the others have said...first adjust your e-brake properly, then learn new techniques. Also search for seahorses..They are an e-brake arm that is extented to give better leverage.

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If you can't get it tightened all the way from under the handle I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) there is a 'nut' that has two all-threads feeding into on the e-brake line that you can tighten up also.

s13.silvia
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but if its an adjustment, how do i know when to stop? just trial and error?

180fan
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fsm says ~8 clicks.

s13.silvia
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oh so you've had the same prob? so after i hear 8 clicks, just stop? and how, exactly, do i get to this adjustment, so you pull the ebrake up, then...

180fan
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You'd have to pull on the ebrake with decent amount of force and it should not exceed 8 clicks.

s13.silvia
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sorry, im really new to this, the bolt to tighten should be where, to the front of the e brake? or rear of it?

180fan
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it's on the underside of the handle. Lift the ebrake handle and in the boot under the part you grip you'll see a hole. it's through there.

s13.silvia
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found it, thanks


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