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Parking Brake won't tighten any more
I replaced my rear brakes (calipers, rotors, and pads), I bleed my brakes and they feel fine while driving and everything. But my parking brake won't hold my car on an incline, it holds on a slight incline and flat ground but not in my driveway. I tightened the nut on my hand brake as tight as it will go and it still won't hold. When I have my car jacked up and the e-brake on, I can't turn the wheels by hand and the cables seem to be working correctly at the calipers so I don't know what to do at this point. Do I need new cables? Please help. Thanks.
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Have you checked to see if one of the cables is loose?...it might need replaced.
Also recheck to ensure they are both connected to the rear parking brake caliper. |
The cables are both connected and apear tight as of sunday, now yesterday I went and got another locking nut for the cable because the one that was on there was slipping, which I thought was my problem, I replaced it and it's on as far as it will go, I didn't have time to pull the tires yesterday to make sure everything was still tight back there, but I'll do that today when I get home from work.
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You're certain the calipers you bought were correct year? Just making sure.
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cables could be stretched due to pulling hard too many times
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just get 2 new parking cables $18 + $22 at rockauto they are usally siezed from weather issues
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How much of a hassle is it to change out the cables?
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exhaust needs to be lowered. I had a shop do mine while they did repairs to my exhaust.
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Alright, thank you everyone
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