Re: General question: parking brakes

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 15:17:16 EST


Andy Levy <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote:
: The parking brake doesn't adjust the rear drums. They are adjusted by
: braking in reverse (usually from about 10 MPH and braking hard).

: I park this same way. Sometimes, maybe once every 10 days, the parking
: brake won't release when I pull the handle. Cable getting stretched?
: What's a new cable cost, so the price doesn't shock me when I really need
: it?

  I'm not sure what a new cable would cost from the dealer, but
depending on what you needed to replace, you could probably just
replace it with a steel cable from a hardware or farm/fleet store.
Should be pretty cheap, maybe a buck per foot, depending on the size?

-- 

-Jon-

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