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Old 07-16-2006, 10:16 PM
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How do you relieve brake pressure on a car so it can roll without starting it?
My car is a M6, and the tow truck is coming soon, and it won't start, but needs to roll to get on the truck? The Ebrake is on now since it's a M6, will releasing it release all 4 brakes?
Old 07-16-2006, 10:57 PM
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your e-brake grabs in the rear only.
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And I dont get what your asking. If your foot isnt on the pedal, I dont see why the brakes are grabbing.
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Me neither, for some reason, my front brakes are compressed, without the car on, they won't go back on the rotor, the tolerance is too tight.
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You should be able to put it in neutral, take the ebrake off and push it around
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Old 07-17-2006, 10:48 AM
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did you take the caliper off the rotor? if so you need to get some c-clamps and push the pistons back in in order to get the caliper back onto the rotor.
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Originally Posted by ClemsonT/A
did you take the caliper off the rotor? if so you need to get some c-clamps and push the pistons back in in order to get the caliper back onto the rotor.
Thank You! Sorry if I could not better explain it, at the time when I had posted it, I was flustered and exhausted.



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