fixing praking brake?

[92super4x4]

Recently the cable on my 2001 for ranger regular cab broke and I bought a new cable to fix it. Got the new cable installed and I can't seem to keep the brake tight, it will be tight for 3 days or so and then begin to loosen up. The haynes book talks about resetting the brake or something, but it doesn't make much sense. I have been dealing with this for a while and would like to just fix it correctly. Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it, any help would be great thanks.

 

[92super4x4]

no one else has had to change out their parking brake cable and reset the assembly?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

What is there to reset?

Replace the cables and adjust the rear brakes. The new cable is probably stretching a bit.

 

[92super4x4]

its and 01, I thought there was not adjustment for the parking brake. The haynes book said something about resetting it, I am probably making it harder than it needs to be.

 

[michowski]

There shouldnt be any adjustment. They probly mean that when you take the shoes off to make sure everything is adjusted incase something changed during the procedure.

 

[92super4x4]

yeah, but there is still slack and I can't keep the darn thing tight, I will have to look on all data or something.