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Old August 15th, 2010, 12:31 PM
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i recently tried my emergency brakes out,,I never used them or tried them.....But anyways I quicky realized somethings wrong,,Everything under the car is free and moving...The part the seems where the cable is seized in where it attaches to the e-brake lever and goes through the floor through a metal tube...I bet the wire is rusted or something to the metal tube..I been shooting pb blaster dwon the tube to see if it will free it up..Is there a easier way to try to fix this...
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Old August 15th, 2010, 03:57 PM
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i recently tried my emergency brakes out,,I never used them or tried them.....But anyways I quicky realized somethings wrong,,Everything under the car is free and moving...The part the seems where the cable is seized in where it attaches to the e-brake lever and goes through the floor through a metal tube...I bet the wire is rusted or something to the metal tube..I been shooting pb blaster dwon the tube to see if it will free it up..Is there a easier way to try to fix this...
Not uncommon for a rarely-used e-brake. The solution is to cut that cable and install a new one, unfortunately.
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Old August 15th, 2010, 06:18 PM
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i broke the cable free and am down drowing it in pb blaster and working it back and fourth,,,Hopefully it will free up more..
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