parking brake doesn't work!!! WTF!
11-30-2005, 07:19 PM
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parking brake doesn't work!!! WTF! my parking brake has been totally out for about a year now....at first i didn't really care but it is getting really annoying not having one. My car used to make a loud popping noise and lose ALL tension every once and a while when i would pull up on the e-brake. Then it eventually stopped working altogether. Anybody know how to fix this problem?
11-30-2005, 11:01 PM
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are you gettin any tension at all when your pulling the brake, check under th car and make sure cables are not broke, if it looks good then they need to be adjusted. to do this you need to remove rear rotors and gain access to the brake, they look like mimiture drum brakes that fit to the backside or rotor, then you can adjust
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kind of, well when i adjusted mine , i did them one at a time. it has that adjuster wheel in there to make then space out more. i just adjusted them out and checked the tension on the handle (with rotor on of course) and made sure it was still loose when handle was depressed but tight when pulled
12-01-2005, 10:08 AM
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What if you wore out the drum brakes, are those replacable? In other words could it be fixed if you simply wore it out ? I think mine are worn out cuz i abused my ebrake for a while. And if thats the case an adjustment wouldnt really help. What ya think ?
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12-01-2005, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000Z28M6
LS1powerhouse02 thanx, I will look into adjusting it first maybe you are rite. I'll let ya know man... appreciate the reply.
12-01-2005, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1powerhouse02
My car used to make a loud popping noise and lose ALL tension every once and a while when i would pull up on the e-brake.
Was the popping noise inside the car or under the car? If you apply the lever and the noise is inside, it could be the lever itself. It is a self-adjusting mechanism and if the locking portion of the self adjust is not properly engaging you may not get any load in the cables. The popping you heard may have been what we call skip-out. Is there any tension in the cables when you apply the lever? Have you taken off the console and watched the park brake when you apply it? Let me know what you see if you do. If the noise was under the car, check all of the cable connections to make sure nothing is loose.
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the sound was inside the car....it sounded like it was right inside my console...it seriously sounded like a spring being cut and releasing all its pressure....kinda scared me the first couple of times it did it...thanks for the info...i'll remove my console in the next couple of days and let you know what i find.
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I think one of the adjusters is broken on mine. I could adjust the passanger side but the driver side wouldn't adjust. The adjuster wouldn't turn in the direction I needed it to turn but it would turn in the direction to loosten the parking brake. I think it's broken because regardless how which direction I turn it nothing happened
12-16-2005, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1powerhouse02
the sound was inside the car....it sounded like it was right inside my console...it seriously sounded like a spring being cut and releasing all its pressure....kinda scared me the first couple of times it did it...thanks for the info...i'll remove my console in the next couple of days and let you know what i find.
Did you find anything? It sounds to me like your self adjust spring is popping because the self adjust teeth are not locking properly. When you remove your console, check to see if your lever is bent to one side or the other. You may be able to bend it back and it will work, or it may need replacing. Let me know what you find and feel free to PM me if I forget to check this thread again.
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05-14-2023, 07:47 PM
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Really REALLY old post, but I had the exact issue with the release thump sound with my '99 Firehawk as I am taking care of some minor issues before putting her up for sale.
The pawl wouldn't engage every time.
If it did, if I moved the handle it would release without pushing the button.
Took the console off and found the pawl return spring was gone. Hopefully I can find it floating around under the console.
If not, or if it's broken, I have no idea where I would get a new spring.
Feebay sellers want $30+ for the whole assembly. Ouch.
Any ideas??
Time to get out the led headlamp and start looking for that spring.
The pawl wouldn't engage every time.
If it did, if I moved the handle it would release without pushing the button.
Took the console off and found the pawl return spring was gone. Hopefully I can find it floating around under the console.
If not, or if it's broken, I have no idea where I would get a new spring.
Feebay sellers want $30+ for the whole assembly. Ouch.
Any ideas??
Time to get out the led headlamp and start looking for that spring.