for the first question: are the brake shoes worn equally on both parts ? that will be the cause for that missalignament, or it could be for the different routes the cable takes to get to the brakes. on my car they are misaligned even if the brake is off. on my car you can adjust every wire idividually so i guess you could do that too. but first have the shoes and drums (if necessary) changed. the rear brakes are reall easy but i haven't had any first hand experience with civics so i can't tell.
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