Emergency brake not "ratcheting"?
#1
Emergency brake not "ratcheting"?
My emergency brake handle mechanism no longer "ratchets"... and doesn't even remotely stay engaged... I can't get a good look at it without taking the entire console out but it almost feels like the "tooth" that clicks as you engage it is gone... it's just smooth now and doesn't hold at ALL. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how I might be looking at to fix it?
PS - 1988 ASC McLaren Mustang #1287
PS - 1988 ASC McLaren Mustang #1287
#2
My ratchet mechanism was all gummed up with old grease, grime, and gunk when I last took it apart. You'll have to remove the center console of course but it really isn't that hard. Just be alittle careful as the plastic does become brittle with age.
Give her a good cleaning and you should be good to go.
Good luck
Give her a good cleaning and you should be good to go.
Good luck
#3
My ratchet mechanism was all gummed up with old grease, grime, and gunk when I last took it apart. You'll have to remove the center console of course but it really isn't that hard. Just be alittle careful as the plastic does become brittle with age.
Give her a good cleaning and you should be good to go.
Good luck
Give her a good cleaning and you should be good to go.
Good luck
On that note... do you have any visual tutorials on how to disengage the cable? Kind of gunshy about taking this out and having a tense cable under pressure, snapping off somewhere and never getting it connected again!!
#4
Sorry, no I don't. It was pretty straight forward to clean though from what I remember. If yours looks clean now, then maybe there is a broken spring or return mechanism that needs attention. There shouldn't be any real pressure on anything in there if your parking brakes aren't engaged.
#5
Sorry, no I don't. It was pretty straight forward to clean though from what I remember. If yours looks clean now, then maybe there is a broken spring or return mechanism that needs attention. There shouldn't be any real pressure on anything in there if your parking brakes aren't engaged.
Thanks again
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