How to adjust parking brake?

STUARTK

MEMBER
2014 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
5.3L
V8
4WD
AUTOMATIC
80,000 MILES

The parking brake on the van doesn't do much. In neutral the van would roll down my driveway (just a regular driveway), and the parking brake pedal is soft and goes to the floor.
I looked for a cable adjustment but couldn't find any adjuster.
The van has rear disk brakes, and the parking brake adjuster is under the disk brake rotor.
I saw a video about a star wheel adjuster under the rear wheel rotor, and I can't believe chevy doesn't have a parking brake adjuster that can be adjusted without taking off the wheel, brake calipers, and rotor.
Am I understanding this correctly? Or is there a better way to adjust the emergency brake?

1500 express van.

1 Reply

JACOBANDNICKOLAS

MECHANIC
109,885 POSTS

Hi,

I feel like I've seen this question before. On this vehicle, you need to remove the disc rotor and adjust the brakes to the diameter of the rotor/drum. Then you make final adjustments via the brake pedal.

The parking brake adjustment is supposed to adjust automatically, but that is rarely the case.

I attached the directions below. Let me know if this helps.

Joe

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