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Pulled into a driveway yesterday and pulled the parking brake lever. There was a loud "BANG." Now, the lever is easier to pull up. I was surprised (and somewhat reieved), however, that the parking brake still seemed to be working. Any thoughts?
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that is what mine did. then it broke about a week later.. that was 2 years ago. now i just don't park on hills. still no e-brake just been lazy..
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sounds like a cable gave way. There is one cable from your handbrake which turns into two cables taht go to each rear caliper behind the headsheild above your exhaust. I think that's where your problem lies. Sounds like one of the two cables is still working, so you have 1 rear caliper actually breaking, the other is doing nothing now.
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Only one was grabbing well before anyway....sounds like I might have a caliper and an e-brak cable to add to the laundry list of spring repairs.
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Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
sounds like a cable gave way. There is one cable from your handbrake which turns into two cables taht go to each rear caliper behind the headsheild above your exhaust. I think that's where your problem lies. Sounds like one of the two cables is still working, so you have 1 rear caliper actually breaking, the other is doing nothing now.
good idea, but i doubt thats what it is. Sound like the cable on the handbreak assembly (the part you grab) came off the "rails" that it lies on, The cable runs around a drum looking thing and then goes down into the underbody, my old one snapped and came off the rails.
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Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
sounds like a cable gave way. There is one cable from your handbrake which turns into two cables taht go to each rear caliper behind the headsheild above your exhaust. I think that's where your problem lies. Sounds like one of the two cables is still working, so you have 1 rear caliper actually breaking, the other is doing nothing now.
Was talking to a guy at the dealer I frequent for parts, and he said that it was "most likely" that one of the rear cables went. Ford sells the pair in a kit.
Now the big question: Is there any way to replace the cables without lowering the exhaust and dropping the ehat shield?
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I've been able to move the headsheild out of there without dropping the exhaust system. Just be patient a bit and maneuver/bend it out and repeat for re-install.
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Sweet! That'll make things a lot easier.
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Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
I've been able to move the headsheild out of there without dropping the exhaust system. Just be patient a bit and maneuver/bend it out and repeat for re-install.
yes you can do that but it is a hell of alot easier to drop the exhaust, all you need to do is drop it a few inches, granted when I did this last it was on my zetec so it has a flex pipe but we didn't have to drop it far and we had no issues getting the new cable in and attached to the equilizer bar
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If I do drop the exhaust, is it possible to just take it off the hangers and support it, but a bit lower than usual? Or do I have to remove bolts to do it?
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