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Parking Brake Problem
12-30-2010, 11:04 AM
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Parking Brake Problem Hello all,
So, I snapped my ebrake cable a few weeks ago.. Everything was working OK before this happened.. my parking brake worked fairly well.. NOT the best but worked.. Now the issue.. I installed a new cable last night.. The parking brake doesnt seem to be engaging fully.. I pull the handle up literally 90* and it doesnt fully engage the brake.. I still roll when on a hill for some reason.. Is there anything I can check under the console? Or anything I can adjust? It's cold here in Chicago.. and it definitely sucks having to put a tire chock just to warm my car up :p
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So, I snapped my ebrake cable a few weeks ago.. Everything was working OK before this happened.. my parking brake worked fairly well.. NOT the best but worked.. Now the issue.. I installed a new cable last night.. The parking brake doesnt seem to be engaging fully.. I pull the handle up literally 90* and it doesnt fully engage the brake.. I still roll when on a hill for some reason.. Is there anything I can check under the console? Or anything I can adjust? It's cold here in Chicago.. and it definitely sucks having to put a tire chock just to warm my car up :p
Thanks
12-31-2010, 12:30 PM
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Hello all,
So, I snapped my ebrake cable a few weeks ago.. Everything was working OK before this happened.. my parking brake worked fairly well.. NOT the best but worked.. Now the issue.. I installed a new cable last night.. The parking brake doesnt seem to be engaging fully.. I pull the handle up literally 90* and it doesnt fully engage the brake.. I still roll when on a hill for some reason.. Is there anything I can check under the console? Or anything I can adjust? It's cold here in Chicago.. and it definitely sucks having to put a tire chock just to warm my car up :p
Thanks
So, I snapped my ebrake cable a few weeks ago.. Everything was working OK before this happened.. my parking brake worked fairly well.. NOT the best but worked.. Now the issue.. I installed a new cable last night.. The parking brake doesnt seem to be engaging fully.. I pull the handle up literally 90* and it doesnt fully engage the brake.. I still roll when on a hill for some reason.. Is there anything I can check under the console? Or anything I can adjust? It's cold here in Chicago.. and it definitely sucks having to put a tire chock just to warm my car up :p
Thanks
Sounds like your brake was out of adjustment a bit before the snap. Usually this happens when new rear rotors are put on the car and the brake isn't adjusted for them. (This may be adding to the issues.)
The first thing you should check is the play in the levers that the cables attach to at the back of each disk. If the brakes are adjusted properly (inside the drum) the lever should just move a few mm. If it moves a lot, there could be something out of place inside the drum.
Can you post a pic of how the new cable looks under the car?
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Sure, ill post a pic.. but Im gonna pull the rotors off and adjust.. I figured that was the problem.. When I redid the rear rotors I never adjusted the parking brake..
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I have the same problem, only nothing snapped, I just changed rear pads recently and noticed shortly after my parking brake sucked. Not clear on how to adjust the cable back to normal? I used to be able to put it in drive with the ebrake on and it wouldn't move. In fact I went around the front of the car in my driveway with the brake on and in drive to hear a noise that was only heard in drive, then I noticed the **** poor Ebrake only a matter of days after that....scary, could smashed my garage door, or myself into the garage door.
