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Where is the parking brake adjustment hole?
I removed both rear wheels/spacers. i can see in all the holes in the drum. there are two that arent threaded but when i look in them all i see is the back of the drum. I dont see anything that could be adjusted by a screw driver
 what, in this picture should i be adjusting? 
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Item 17 (the star wheel) is what you click downwards (or upwards) with the blade of your screwdriver to adjust the shoe pressure.
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06-08-2004, 01:00 PM
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thank you powdered toast man.
it looks like i may have to take the entire drum/rotor off. this parking brake problem is turning into a huge project.
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06-08-2004, 01:02 PM
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hmm just a thought, is it possible that a PO put the drum on upside down, or 90 degrees off so that the adjustment hole does not reveal the star wheel?
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Sometimes it is hard to find the gear with your screwdriver. Oftentimes it is a ways over to the right or left. It's not a big thing and it is very easy to miss. Move your small screwdriver around in the hole. If you feel a small bump that bumps towards you it is probably the gear. If you can't turn it it probably is a little frozen. I wouldn't suggest oiling it.
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06-08-2004, 01:09 PM
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Not sure how you'd do that... on my 944S, there were two set screws that held the whole rotor/drum on, and they were offset in such a manner that you couldn't misalign it. I wound up just clicking the adjuster outward until the shoes just touched when I put the rotpr/drum assy back on, then used the adjuster at the base of the E-brake to tighten it up.
Good luck with it, and check your timing belt tension. (No, that doesn't have anything to do with the brakes, just a warning from someone currently earning the BTDT shirt) Lynn
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