Prado Hand brake adjustment

Sounds like the handbrake still needs to be readjusted to me.
When adjusting the starwheel after removing the rear wheels, I tighten them up then back off just 4 clicks (instead of the 8 clicks recommended by Toyota) - as per the LCOOL instructions.

I would redo this before inspecting the inside of the drum. To do so is pretty easy - you just need to take off the caliper to remove the rear disc.

The Gregorys manuals for the Prado are pretty good.

Thank you Phil
The thing is i can adjust them through the hole and the left side starwheel tightens when i turn it downwards i set it about 4 clicks loose.
Then the right side (driver side) which are tightening turning upwards and i noticed today this side is not holding the settings and was about 8-9 clicks loose. I didn't count it. I would think both side satrwheels should be tightening n the same direction or up or down, when adjusting through the hole. I set them today and is ok for now but if i get answer for direction on the turning of the starwheels i do them again tomorrow. All this happenning after the axles had been changed by toyota. By the chance do you know which way those starwheels should be tighten?

Thank you Phil
Ervin

Thank you, just done the starwheel and now both tightens in the same direction. I set them the way so both tightens when turned down or lifting the inserted screwdriver. The reason? Before (same setting) one side was holding the adjustment and the other (right) side was getting loose for some reason. What happened to that side is i set it 3 clicks loose and in about a month it was about 8-9 clicks loose there where the loss of effectiveness in the handbrakeoriginated ( I think). At the moment it is holding firm with 8 clicks at the handbrake lever.
I will try it with its current setting and see if it's holds the settings ok or not.
Now i have a gregory's manual for it and i see, the starwheel should be adjusted to tighten by turning the wheel up or pushing the screwdriver down, but that was the side i lost the adjustment and become loose so this is why i set them both to tighten when turning down or lifting the screwdriver. And yes i had 3 nuts on, tightened to keep things centered.
If its not holding the settings now i will set them both to tighten when the starwheel turned up or screwdriver pushed down..

Regards
Ervin

Hi krausz. I got a 90 series also, and for what I can add the handbrake sucks. Sounds like you got it more under control than I do, mine has to be adjusted often. When I bought it originally the local garage had to do major work on the rear to get it RWC.