Where do you adjust the parking brake on a 1991 jeep Comanche?

Answer 1

The parking brake adjustment on a Jeep Comanche is where the cable is split from the one main cable to the two wheel cables. The splitter assembly is bolted to the bottom of the bed, slightly forward of where the driveshaft attaches to the rear axle. To do the adjustment you will need at least one 13mm open-end wrench and probably two if the locking nut is still there. Because this assembly is exposed to whatever the roads may have to splash on it, you may need a pair of vice-grips too. The vice-grips are used to hold the squared end of a threaded rod if it wants to turn while doing the adjustment. Anyway, depending on how many nuts are still present, the idea is to tighten the one that is in the cable splitter until you have the correct amount of slack in the wheel cables. Make sure that there is still some slack because you don't want the brakes being applied when they are not supposed to be. A good adjustment is when you step on the pedal and start to feel resistance at about half-way down. Try to be in the habit of only using as much pressure as necessary to hold your truck for the conditions at each stop. The release mechanisms on Comanches are notorious for breaking off when constantly used to release heavily-applied parking brakes.