Parking foot brake

[james250]

My foot parking brake seems to need a further travel distance to properly engage. I see there is a way to adjust the brake from near the peddle itself using a socket. But there is also a way to adjust the brakes by removing the rear wheels and adjusting the parking brake cog. But my question is which adjustment actually effects the brake peddle travel distance?

[madasahatter]

probably the latter,when i did mine wound fully out then 4 turns back in. It is a pain with the hub on.

[is200 Newbie]

Might be a good time to replace the shoes - 12 years is a good life for these.

[steve2006]

Tutorial below. I found a good clean up, brake shoe roughing up with sandpaper and adjustment sorted mine. The brake shoes rarely wear out.