As some of you may know, I live in Germany and am currently visiting the US. Long story short, my wife took my xB to get inspected and it failed due to the emergency brake not generating enough braking force on a brake dyno. I am going to try and walk my wife through tightening the E Brake cable. The problem is that I can't find any pictures of the if to do some photoshopping to help her do this. Can someone take a picture or post one please. I would greatly appreciate it.

 

I dont have pics but take the screw outta outta the back holder in the console then pull up and remove the console.

then there will br nuts and she'll see the cables tighten the nuts but not to far or the brake wont release when the handles down.

 

Thanks for the reply. Honestly I can do it with my eyes shut, but when I tried to walk her through it, that didn't work. I really need some pics to make it happen. Thanks again.

 

I would check condition of rear brakes and self adjusters prior to tampering with E brake cable adjustment.Frozen self adjusters or worn shoes are a much more likely cause of your complaint.