Barry,

The car has 22,000 miles on it. I bought it used, so I don't know what kind of monkey's have been yanking on the parking brake. I'm sure if one wasn't over pulling on the lever and stretching the cable that the adjustment could be put off for quite some time. It all depends on how hard one pulls to set the brake. I used a shorty GearWrench with the ratcheting drive on one end to make the adjustment. It worked great.

Matt