I had hoped to make some progress on intalling new brakes last night, but I must be a moron. The first step in removing the rear calipers is to disable the parking brake adjuster. I have it apart, but haven't been able to figure this out - from looking at it, the only pawl I can identify in there is the one that moves when you depress the button on the handle. It's one of those cases where photos would be more helpful than the crayon drawings in the FSM. Anybody have a trick to do this? Here's the pic and procedure from the FSM:




1988-96 Vehicles

The parking brake lever/cable adjustment is automatic. The adjuster must be disabled to create the necessary cable slack for certain service procedures. Following these procedures, make sure the adjuster is properly enabled to assure correct parking brake operation.

To disable the automatic parking brake adjuster, proceed as follows:

Remove the drivers seat cushion.

Remove the parking brake lever cover and screws.

Using a suitable offset tool, disengage and hold the drive pawl from the drive sector.

Insert a nail or drift through the hole in the anchor plate to retain the drive pawl in the disengaged position.

Move the parking brake lever until it aligns with the lock pawl.

Depress the button on the lever and move the lever to the down position.

Verify the anchor plate is against the stud on the parking brake lever, if not as specified, repeat the procedure.


Fig. 4: Disabling the parking brake automatic adjuster-1988-96 vehicles



To enable the automatic parking brake adjuster, proceed as follows:

Remove the nail or drift pin from the anchor plate.

Apply and release the parking brake 3 times.

Pull up on the parking brake lever. Proper adjustment will result in the lever moving 3-5 ratchet clicks with a force of 61 lbs. (270 N).

Release the parking brake, there should be no rear brake drag and no gap between the caliper housings and caliper parking brake levers. It may be necessary to remove the tire and wheel assemblies to see the caliper housings and levers.

If removed, install the wheel and tire assembly.

Install the parking brake lever cover and screws.

Install the driver's seat cushion.

I've done a little more digging, and found a post on digitalcorvettes.com that indicated this step might not be necessary if the parking brake isn't engaged.

???

For the terminally curious, the rear caliper came off without a problem, other than the top bolt being somewhat of a PITA to get at with the parking brake spring in place.

hey pianerbrutha i see you speak to yerself at times too
well happy ya got her figured out,,,i pulled my cals offun 84 no prolem ,,,dont know whats dif ,,but glad it werked

Brad - PM sent. I'm doing my rears this weekend and looking for tips!