Parking Brake Cables keep seizing
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Parking Brake Cables keep seizing
I have a 2008 F350 Crew Cab long box. I have a problem where the rear parking brake cables keep seizing up. I replace them and within about a year they wont move anymore. I have been getting them aftermarket. Would I be better off getting OEM or does anyone have a solution to get them to last longer? Thanks!
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I have a 2008 F350 Crew Cab long box. I have a problem where the rear parking brake cables keep seizing up. I replace them and within about a year they wont move anymore. I have been getting them aftermarket. Would I be better off getting OEM or does anyone have a solution to get them to last longer? Thanks!
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Yeah. It hasn't seen winter yet with the cables I replaced in May. One of them is sticky but not completely stuck yet. It does go offroad sometimes so it does see some mud. It is a manual so the parking brake does get used frequently.
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You think it's binding up in the cable itself or at the business end at the rear rotor? If cable, I'd get some lubricant and spray down the cable sheath itself but if at the rear brakes, get some good waterproof grease like Green Grease, available at Advance Auto Parts, and Grease the moving parts in back...
This would be a guess for me... but crazy it's binding up already...
This would be a guess for me... but crazy it's binding up already...
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You think it's binding up in the cable itself or at the business end at the rear rotor? If cable, I'd get some lubricant and spray down the cable sheath itself but if at the rear brakes, get some good waterproof grease like Green Grease, available at Advance Auto Parts, and Grease the moving parts in back...
This would be a guess for me... but crazy it's binding up already...
This would be a guess for me... but crazy it's binding up already...
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Hopefully you get this but if you do have to get a new cable, I'd lube it pre installation... hang it up and let gravity do the trick...
This stuff works great. Used it on my driver side door lock (to keep it working since I use the key to lock/unlock as it was getting a little hard to turn just in case I had to use it to get in) and old locking fuel cap, plus inside the house on door hinges and other stuff as well, I use their gun lube and cleaner also that works great. Check them out.
https://planetsafelubricants.com/
Let me know if you have any questions on it at all.
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