"SoCalMike" <mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote
Abeness
> > much sense to me, I'm guessing the guy just doesn't know the brakes on
> > this car. Figured I'd ask here to be sure.
>
> does it have rear discs?

Aside for original poster: Majestic says the EX with ABS brakes has rear disk
brakes. Without ABS, the EX has rear drum brakes.

> wouldnt hurt to adjust the cable. i found mine
> was too slack on the passenger side, so i had to adjust the little star
> thingie inside the drum... (drum brakes).

Yes, if it has drum brakes, I'd say go for the star wheel adjuster inside the
brake drums.

www.autozone.com (see free repair guide link on right) has directions on
adjusting the rear brakes, which also ends up adjusting the parking brake,
though it's a little vague on what exactly you do to find and rotate the star
wheel adjuster.

Here's my post from July 11 on how I did this with my 1991 Civic (with a lot of
nudges and clues from folks here) a few weeks ago: http://tinyurl.com/4m374

There is also a second, separate procedure for adjusting the parking brake cable
at the console (next to the driver) itself, but this procedure says to adjust
the rear brakes first.

I only adjusted the star wheel adjuster and never went into the console.

Try www.harborfreight.com for some good deals on tools, but you do get what you
pay for. There might be a Harbor Freight store near you.

Otherwise, I buy my tools from Home Depot, Lowe's and once in awhile Autozone
and Sears (Craftsman!).