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She’s an 03 Accord Coupe 4L5MT with 210 000 km. I think when I took possession of this car in 2003 the parking brake needed about 10 or so clicks to apply firmly. The spec seems to be 6 to 9 clicks. These days I’m at about 12 clicks, so I undertook the adjustment.
Access requires removing those confounding center console panels, but I persevered.
The balance arm swivels a bit to put equal pull on each brake cable. I was surprised that my balance arm was so “tilted”. Usually, Honda sets things up a bit more precise than this. (The brake ends of the cables are both properly seated in the little levers at the calipers.)
The adjustment went well and I’m at about 7 clicks with no rear brake drag at either wheel.
I’ve attached two pictures of the balance arm, one with the brake applied and the other with the brake relaxed.
What do you guys think? Is this amount of balance arm tilt more than usual, or is it close to typical?
Much thanks………..
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I have a 03 Accord EXV6 Sedan and awhile back I checked my parked brake cable to and it was to the side just like that I would say its Normal.
Actually the more I think about my guess is the reason why its tilted to the side like that is because it would make it easier to remove since its already at a angle. But that’s just my guess though.
Thanks Nighthawk92.
I drove it around for a day without the console panels in place and everything seems to be working well.
So I might snap it all back together this morning.
I found a few Accord and Civic internet images of the equalization lever, and it always seems that the right cable is a 1/2 cm longer, so maybe Honda has been “precise” and designed that in for a reason such as ease of removal.
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