Parking Brake!!!
04-26-2006, 04:27 PM
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RE: Parking Brake!!!
god, I hate doing this and it makes me want to kill toddlers, rape their mothers and burn their siblings and then mail anthrax to all government officials before setting off thermonuclear weapons in tibet to kill all the monks, but I'm gonna agree with acer.
04-26-2006, 06:11 PM
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RE: Parking Brake!!!
I believe the E-brake adjustment is under the boot on the lever, there should be a 10mm adjusting nut on the cable end. The e-brake sucks because it is the natyre of the design. When you pull it, it mechanically squeezes down on the rotor, pinching and holding it. Now, the rotor is hot, right? Now the rotor cools down while sitting, and the rotor contracts and the pad looses it's grip. If you car is out of gear, it rolls down a hill, end of story. On newer designed ford vehicles the E-brake is in a little drum inside the back of the rotor hat, it uses little brake shoes, when this setup cools, the little drum contracts making it hold tighter.
John
John
04-26-2006, 06:21 PM
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RE: Parking Brake!!!
ORIGINAL: redass02gt
god, I hate doing this and it makes me want to kill toddlers, rape their mothers and burn their siblings and then mail anthrax to all government officials before setting off thermonuclear weapons in tibet to kill all the monks, but I'm gonna agree with acer.
god, I hate doing this and it makes me want to kill toddlers, rape their mothers and burn their siblings and then mail anthrax to all government officials before setting off thermonuclear weapons in tibet to kill all the monks, but I'm gonna agree with acer.
04-26-2006, 06:26 PM
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RE: Parking Brake!!!
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ORIGINAL: redass02gt
god, I hate doing this and it makes me want to kill toddlers, rape their mothers and burn their siblings and then mail anthrax to all government officials before setting off thermonuclear weapons in tibet to kill all the monks, but I'm gonna agree with acer.
god, I hate doing this and it makes me want to kill toddlers, rape their mothers and burn their siblings and then mail anthrax to all government officials before setting off thermonuclear weapons in tibet to kill all the monks, but I'm gonna agree with acer.
04-26-2006, 07:23 PM
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RE: Parking Brake!!!
I don't think it could warp the gear, cause the gear is supposed to be strong enough to take the force of the car accelerating at full throttle for a lot of miles, which I think has to be greater than the force of the car stopped on a steep hill. If the gear can accelerate the car up the hill, it should be plenty strong enough to keep if from going down the hill from a stop without any damage.
04-26-2006, 07:48 PM
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RE: Parking Brake!!!
ORIGINAL: 70 MACH I
I believe the E-brake adjustment is under the boot on the lever, there should be a 10mm adjusting nut on the cable end. The e-brake sucks because it is the natyre of the design. When you pull it, it mechanically squeezes down on the rotor, pinching and holding it. Now, the rotor is hot, right? Now the rotor cools down while sitting, and the rotor contracts and the pad looses it's grip. If you car is out of gear, it rolls down a hill, end of story. On newer designed ford vehicles the E-brake is in a little drum inside the back of the rotor hat, it uses little brake shoes, when this setup cools, the little drum contracts making it hold tighter.
John
I believe the E-brake adjustment is under the boot on the lever, there should be a 10mm adjusting nut on the cable end. The e-brake sucks because it is the natyre of the design. When you pull it, it mechanically squeezes down on the rotor, pinching and holding it. Now, the rotor is hot, right? Now the rotor cools down while sitting, and the rotor contracts and the pad looses it's grip. If you car is out of gear, it rolls down a hill, end of story. On newer designed ford vehicles the E-brake is in a little drum inside the back of the rotor hat, it uses little brake shoes, when this setup cools, the little drum contracts making it hold tighter.
John