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Parking brake (Read 3968 times)
May 30
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, 2010 at 2:23pm
Crash
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I'm following a discussion on another forum about using the parking brake or not. Many say they don't use it and leave their car in first or reverse gear to prevent the parking brake from freezing in cold weather. I've had about 10 cars over the past 20 years (5 for private use, 5 or 6 for work) and always used the parking brake. Never had any problems with frozen brakes.
What are you using? And did your parking brakes ever freeze solid?
Carlo
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May 30
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Up until my last car I never used it unless I was parked on a hill. My present car is automatic, so no requirement really. For me it is not a question of the brake freezing, but more a case of the cables will stretch in the end and you will not be able to take out the slack. The average hand brake cable to replace is a complete "§$%&/('# to change.
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May 30
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I never used them much, of course if you don't use them the cables will corrode much faster.
Flying with twins is a lot of fun..
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May 30
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CD.
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I always use it, I've never given it any thought.
It's what it's there for. Parking.
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I always use it, I've never given it any thought.
It's what it's there for. Parking.
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May 30
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I've left my Parking Brake on until the Brake linings have welded themselves to the Brake Drums....
..over a period of many years, stood still...you understand...
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...a bit like the Clutch Plates!...
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May 30
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Off topic.. but Fozzer's mention of the Austin Aggro reminded me of this..:
Austin Ambassador Y reg
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May 31
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I've never owned a car that had a working parking brake in it that you could trust.
The one in our new car may work, but it has an automatic, and I've never seen the point of a slush box coming equipped with a p-brake.
One time, I had a 1984 RX-7 that had one, I pulled it, and it engaged, but never released. Nice and expensive fix that I wasn't prepared for.
From that day forward, I won't touch them. I don't live in an area where a car parked in gear would suddenly start rolling away without the additional aid of a parking brake.
Indiana is rather flat where I'm at.
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May 31
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ShaneG wrote
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, 2010 at 6:07am:
I've never owned a car that had a working parking break in it that you could trust.
The one in our new car may work, but it has an automatic, and I've never seen the point of a slush box coming equipped with a p-brake.
One time, I had a 1984 RX-7 that had one, I pulled it, and it engaged, but never released. Nice and expensive fix that I wasn't prepared for.
From that day forward, I won't touch them. I don't live in an area where a car parked in gear would suddenly start rolling away without the additional aid of a parking break.
Indiana is rather flat where I'm at.
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May 31
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What's really bad, is that I did manage to use the correct spelling once.
Give me a break, it's early over here.
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ShaneG wrote
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What's really bad, is that I did manage to use the correct spelling once.
Give me a break, it's early over here.
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I've decided I should take a break from breaking my brakes as as it leads to me being broke.
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Crash
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Thanks for the replies lads.
Carlo
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Jun 3
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Brake + reverse lock... I can park it with the parking brake loose, but i never do that
It partially froze once last year but that was in huge snow heaps. And you dont notice the clunk sound of it getting unstuck because the half frozen rubber bushings make a lot more noise
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IL-76 (all standard length ones)
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Tu-154 and Il-62
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Tu-134
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An-24RV
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