Anyone ever driven with the ebrake on?
11-06-2005, 11:36 PM
#1
Anyone ever driven with the ebrake on? Wow, I'm such a idiot I can't believe it.
Was driving home last night and noticed a smoking kind of smell coming from somewhere on the car. I took a look at the dash and realized I had the ebrake on, so it was probably the fluid burning up.
What parts do you think I will have to replace? I figure my rotors/pads are probably shot. Anything else?
I can still drive the car but the brakes squeak now and they feel kind of spongy.
Was driving home last night and noticed a smoking kind of smell coming from somewhere on the car. I took a look at the dash and realized I had the ebrake on, so it was probably the fluid burning up.
What parts do you think I will have to replace? I figure my rotors/pads are probably shot. Anything else?
I can still drive the car but the brakes squeak now and they feel kind of spongy.
11-07-2005, 11:24 AM
#4
Originally Posted by Vinnie
The emergency brake only engages the small drum brakes inside of the hub in the rear wheels, it has nothing to do with the rotors and pads on either the front or the rear.
11-07-2005, 01:10 PM
#7
How long were you driving on them for? Usually if it wasnt for long then you should be fine. Although definitly check them out just to be sure! I once rented a uhaul and did the same thing only i didnt notice it till i was going over 60mph then i smelled them burning and i immediatly released the emergency brake. The problem was that once i arrived to my destination the driveway was at an incline and when i put the emergency brake on it didnt hold the uhaul, so either i screwed them up or they never worked well to begin with?
