Parking brake release itself
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Parking brake release itself
hi all, Happy Sunday!
Well I am getting close to finish the rebuild of my F100 1974 truck, I have been playing with the rear drum brake, adjusting the "self adjusting" things...
so I tight those little adjuster and now when I press the parking brake, it release by itself and scary thing is it can take a minute or 10 secondes... Scary thing!
So I believe I could replace the entire parking brake assembly but I thought I will ask if anyone experience the same problem and if there simple fix for that!
Thanks you all
Well I am getting close to finish the rebuild of my F100 1974 truck, I have been playing with the rear drum brake, adjusting the "self adjusting" things...
so I tight those little adjuster and now when I press the parking brake, it release by itself and scary thing is it can take a minute or 10 secondes... Scary thing!
So I believe I could replace the entire parking brake assembly but I thought I will ask if anyone experience the same problem and if there simple fix for that!
Thanks you all
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Could it be the result of over tightening the parking brake cable?
When I was using the parking brake before I didn't have any problem it was holding fine until I started to adjust the drum break. When using the parking on the slop, the truck was still moving, so I thought I should adjust the drum break, so the shoes are closer to the drum. that's what I did, and since that moment the pedal is obviously much harder but release by itself!, the teeth doesn't look that bad, but I believe if it release it is surely the culprit!
When I was using the parking brake before I didn't have any problem it was holding fine until I started to adjust the drum break. When using the parking on the slop, the truck was still moving, so I thought I should adjust the drum break, so the shoes are closer to the drum. that's what I did, and since that moment the pedal is obviously much harder but release by itself!, the teeth doesn't look that bad, but I believe if it release it is surely the culprit!
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