Georgia Fiero Club Forum
All Things Fiero => Tech Tips, Tech Questions => Topic started by: TopNotch on February 22, 2014, 06:05:33 pm
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The CarQuest Parking Brake Procedure (http://gafiero.org/docs/FieroBrakeAdjustment.pdf) I put on our website has been mentioned recently. Here are some specific instructions for doing it on a Fiero. Obvious steps, like removing the wheel, are skipped.
1. Use a (Rodney Dickman) spring compressor to compress the parking brake spring, and remove it.
2. Remove the parking brake cable from the caliper. It will get in the way. There are little tabs that hold it in place that you have to squeeze in with pliers.
3. Replace the spring. You need it to slam the lever back to the stop as mentioned in the procedure.
4. Perform the procedure as described. You may need to do it several times.
5. Put every thing back together.
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Update: If you can't get the parking brake cable off the caliper by squeezing the tabs with pliers, use a small hose clamp to squeeze them all. That's what I had to do when I did the other side of the car today. That side was so bad, however, that I didn't do the CarQuest procedure. I just removed the lever and put it on at the next position.
I fixed a leaking transmission coolant hose while I was under there. They can be a problem on auto trans Fieros -- If it comes off while you're driving, you have a real problem. I double-clamped it.