Brakes dangerous in rain

[Hoodyjay]

Originally Posted by tmontague

You can check the star adjusters in the rear and make sure they are snug so that the rear brakes are engaging as soon as they should. How many clicks does your ebrake handle make before locking tight?

Secondly, what are the tires treadwear? If they are a high treadwear like a 600+ or 800 then at 20,000 miles they'll be absolute garbage in the rain. These new fuel efficient crazy long lasting tires are garbage in terms of wet performance once they are anything but brand new. My Yoko acid ascends were an 800tw and were one in the dry but with any moisture on the roads they were downright treacherous.

Lastly, you should not have had that many close calls driving in the wet regardless of your brakes/tire performance. I dont want to sound preachy and I risk sitting on a high horse but cardinal rule of driving: drive according to your road conditions and even more importantly how your car handles those road conditions.

Hell, on my UHP summer tires I can take corners in the wet that I would never of even imagined in my Yoko's, same conditions but different car characteristics.

What does that mean? When u pull the ebrake up? How many clicks until it locks up? What will this do?

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by Hoodyjay

What does that mean? When u pull the ebrake up? How many clicks until it locks up? What will this do?

It will give you an indication of how tight your drums are. If you can pull ebrake no more than 5 clicks, drums are pretty well adjusted. 6, 7, 8+ clicks, then it is time to address drum shoe adjustment.

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[Hoodyjay]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

It will give you an indication of how tight your drums are. If you can pull ebrake no more than 5 clicks, drums are pretty well adjusted. 6, 7, 8+ clicks, then it is time to address drum shoe adjustment.

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Ohh it's weird in my car. First pull it will stop after 3,4 clicks. If I release and pull it again, it will go all the way up.. 6-8 clicks. Sometimes I have to force it too. Idk if it's because it's like -15 degrees Celsius here right now or what, but it gets to -48 degrees Celsius mid winter