Yes, if you think you know enough about cars to do so. I would read local manuals and talk to other friends who know a lot about cars. I would do it when your brakes aren't shot, so you have chance to understand without ruining your car.
Quick Service brakes and parking brakes.
The handbrake is only used for parking.
drum brake and disc brakes
If you cage your brakes off the service brakes will work just fine because the brake chamber is two separate parts. The parking brake works trough the service brake but service brakes will work unless the diaphragm in the parking brake chamber is ruptured, holding the brakes on. Harley
A parking brake system is not required if your service brakes are fully self-locking. Air brake systems (on semis, for instance) hold the brakes open only when air is supplied. If you blow the air the brakes lock under spring pressure.
You can get your brakes replaced cheaply and efficiently at Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers. Mr. Tire Auto Service Center is located in Arlington, Virginia.
Visit the forums at genvibe.com. There is a nice walk through with brakes to service your front brakes.
I have a chev g1500 2000. Does anyone no how to ajust the rear brakes?
The service brake is the one which applies the brakes - the emergency brake system is the system which releases the spring brakes.
A repair shop can release a car with bad brakes if they were not asked to repair the brakes or the customer refused service. It is then the responsibility of the customer to have them repaired.
you can go to grismer automotive service. They will check the tires and brakes and let you know the issues and tell you if the brakes and tires need to be replaced or serviced.
INITIAL ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE Be sure parking brake lever is fully released. Fully apply the vehicles service brakes 2 to 3 times by depressing the brake pedal as far as possible. This will cause the automatic adjuster mechanism to correctly adjust the rear drum brakes. Apply and release the park brake lever one time after the service brakes have been correctly adjusted. This procedure has correctly adjusted the vehicle's rear service brakes.