Park brake question
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Park brake question
Ahh, if the park brake pedal goes kleen to the floor, can it be adjusted or is the park brake toast? And no I ain't splaining why it goes to the floor! 
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Rick
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P-brake pedals usually only go to the floor when the cable breaks, or has become disconnected somehow, or it has a seperate p-brake, and it was left applied for a few miles. Takes a lot of turns of the tensioner / adjuster to get that much slack out of them.
Did it go to the floor all at once, or did it start getting lower, and lower as the years past?
Did it go to the floor all at once, or did it start getting lower, and lower as the years past?
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The brake cable from the parking brake feeds thru the firewall, and meets an equalizer under the cab. The equalizer is where the rear cables attach. There is a adjustable threaded rod and nut which when tightened, takes up the slack on all the cables.
Possible causes: The spring in the parking brake ratchet assemby has broken. Result = The park brake pedal goes clear to the floor and will not hold. The equalizer threaded rod/nut has broken off. A brake job was done recently and whoever did the work forgot to re-adjust the brake cables. One of the three (one front, two rear R/L) brake cables has snapped. The lining on the rear brake shoes is down to the rivets, or the rear brakes need re-adjusting.
Possible causes: The spring in the parking brake ratchet assemby has broken. Result = The park brake pedal goes clear to the floor and will not hold. The equalizer threaded rod/nut has broken off. A brake job was done recently and whoever did the work forgot to re-adjust the brake cables. One of the three (one front, two rear R/L) brake cables has snapped. The lining on the rear brake shoes is down to the rivets, or the rear brakes need re-adjusting.
Last edited by NumberDummy; May 24, 2007 at 04:12 AM.
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