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Re: Parking Brake stuck
| jack@yahoo.com | 17 Sep 2006 14:47 |
have a 2000 Focus ZX3, 5 spd, its been parked for about 5 months, the parking brake wasnt working too good during the winter. I parked it without the brake on as the floor in the storage was level and thought it would be ok. The guy that looks after the storage moved the car and set the parking brake and now its stuck. I can let the handle down but the brake is still on because when I try to drive it forward or backward you can tell its still engaged. How do I fix this without getting it towed.
. ========================= Assuming the problem is located inside the drums your going to have to get the drums of somehow and free up the mechanism. The first thing i'd try is hiting the brake pedal as hard as possible while driving to see if it will break free (no pun intended). You may have to put some miles on it that way just to wear the brake pads down enough to get the drums off!
best of luck o nhtis one.
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| murray.wood@sympatico.ca | 16 Sep 2006 18:59 |
I have a 2000 Focus ZX3, 5 spd, its been parked for about 5 months, the parking brake wasnt working too good during the winter. I parked it without the brake on as the floor in the storage was level and thought it would be ok. The guy that looks after the storage moved the car and set the parking brake and now its stuck. I can let the handle down but the brake is still on because when I try to drive it forward or backward you can tell its still engaged. How do I fix this without getting it towed.
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