ALWAYS PULL UP AS HARD AS POSSIBLE.

Never go by clicks.

 

Toyota recommends - Parking brake lever travel:
6 to 9 clicks at 200 N (20 kgf, 45 lbf)

 

mine is the same. 7 clicks. by the way you dont have to adjust it yourself. bring it to toyota and have them do it. your car is under warranty. have them do it for free.

 

Our 15 thousand maintenance came back with really tight e-brake.. like can't really pull it as I used to.. didn't count clicks but sounds like 4-5 and that's it.. good? bad?

 

Stop your car on a very slightly graded hill and set your emergency brake. Shut the the car off. Put the car in neutral. release the brake. If the car begins to roll, you'll know the rear brakes are not binding and you're OK.

 

Like I said... yank it good and hard.

Most people here aren't body builders (or i assume as much) and 45lbs tugs is probably a good solid tug for the average guy.

common thing i've noticed is people Pussy-Pulling the Parking Brake. watch a mechanic in a shop pull your parking brake. He doesn't count clicks, nor does he use a spring scale, he rips up good and hard on it.

 

i agree. i never go by clicks. i just pull as much as I need to pull.

the figure toyota provides is used for adjusting the cable for the lever. if the level is out of adjustment then 6-9 clicks might not work.

 

my handbrake offers very little resistance up to about 7-8 clicks, even a child can pull it up. Past the 7-8 clicks, it become hard suddenly and to get 9 clicks on my car, it takes all my force. To get 10 clicks, I will need a gorilla to help me. By the time the car gets 7-8 clicks, the hand brake is almost pull up all the way

I adjusted my hand brake on my 1996 corolla so it becomes tight at 4 clicks and very tight at 5 clicks and the hand brake has travel about half way up. I intend to do the same on my 2009 corolla if I can open the center trim without braking anything.

 

Don't adjust it for less than the specified clicks or you could drag the brake shoes.

 

I also would like to know is it adjustable and how? no-ones said yey or nay yet. I asked my buddy at work whos worked on more cars, said that most cars are not adjustable.

I've never counted the clicks on mine, I usually push the button in and give it a 45lb tug :lol: and leave it in gear. My trix has rear disc brakes, so it might be a bit different than drums.

 

I am sure it is adjustable, I can feel the two bolts through the leather sleeve that surrounds the handbrake, if only I know how to remove this trim without braking anything

to adjust the tension, it is the same principle as your bicycle brake, it consist of ajusting the length of the hanbrake cable.

 

I counted mine and it's 4 clicks.. thats it no more.. I mean it probably would go 1 or 2 more clicks if I tried harder or if my bodybuilder friends (which I don't have) helped me..

 

Mine's 4 clicks as well on a flat surface and on the slope I do an extra click as a precaution but car doesn't move with 4 clicks.

For those asking about steps for removing the center console, it's quite easy. The write-up can be found on TWM Performance's website for the Short Shifter install.