Thanks for the detailed response, Tegger. My replies are embedded in your
message below:

>
> Probably the cable was frozen inside its sheath. If you reconnect it
now,
> you'll probably find it's working fine now.

Actually, I did that, and that is why I am having
problems now. Very frustrating, but I did this
based on the same logic as above. Guess it
must be physical damage to the sheath or its
rusted inside. Is there a spring in there?

>
> > I disconnected it inside the car
> > (easy enough) and left the driver side connected
> > so that I still have functionality (albeit not
> > much) left for when I park my car. I do not leave it in gear, as I
> > have a remote starter.
>
> Not a great idea at all...
>

What's not a great idea? Having a remote starter?
(waste of gas in my car, since at idle it really
doesn't warm up much. but i have it, and use it,
gives about 20 seconds of running time before
I take off since I normally start it while walking
up to the car. ya ya, i know people don't think you
need to idle before driving, I just do it... Its built into my car
alarm...)

Or disconnecting the e-brake is a bad idea? Well,
fortunately I live in Winnipeg. I can practically
see the CN tower from here, so yes, I would agree
that if I lived in BC or Alberta, this would be
an incredibly terrible idea, but here in Manitoba
where you can watch your dog run away for 3 days,
not as big of a concern. And it does catch enough
to prevent rolling on even some fairly steep grades like driveways and
stuff.

I do however plan on tackling this problem this
summer, while I do my rear brake shoes. They've
never been done, 220000kms on em. I guess they
are glazed, cuz they've been at about 2 millimeters
for like the last 100000kms. lol....

> Sounds like you need to replace the parking brake cable, which is an
easy
> job. Best to do both at the same time, as if one is bad, the other
won't
> be
> far behind.
>
I suppose it makes sense to do both. They would
probably end up being different lengths if I only
did one, since the old one would be stretched
some.

Another question, since I will be doing the shoes
at the same time, is there a kit from Honda
available with all the springs and related
hardware? Probably time to think about
replacing all that crap too.

Maybe resurface the drums too.... is that worth
it?

I should probably put this in another topic,
but here goes anyways: A couple years ago I went
to a non-Honda shop to get my brakes inspected.
My uncle worked there so I figured he could get
me a deal. Well anyways, they adjusted my brakes
somehow so that it changed the ratio of front
to back application, ie before I went in, the
ratio was probably 80:20 front brake power to
rear brake power. My pedal went down pretty far,
and I think it was probably a little too extreme.

The shop adjusted the brakes so that it was
more like 50:50 or 60:40 front to back. I felt
this was a little extreme. He also adjusted the
e-brake at the time to like 1-2 clicks (which is
easy to change, but I thought I would mention).

Anyways, is there an easy way to adjust this? Is
it an adjustment in the drum somewhere?

So when you gonna get the drum FAQ goin?

Thanks a heap.

Terry

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