Re: Emergency Brake Stuck!!

From: Rader (rlr@bbt.com)
Date: Fri May 01 1998 - 10:17:38 EDT


Jon Steiger wrote:

> I used to use my emergency brake all the time; whenever I parked, I'd
> put on the emergency brake. However, it has recently started sticking.

  Well, it's really a parking brake, and it is designed to be used for
parking, so I don't see any problem with using it for it's intended purpose
(I do). "Emergency" brake is something of a misnomer.

  This has happened to me on a number of vehicles in the past (not the
Dak <knock on wood>), and the fix has always been the same: check the
rear brakes to make sure nothing is binding, remove the parking brake
cables, and lubricate them. It's a pretty easy, though somewhat messy job.

  Ron



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