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Re: Parking Brake stuck

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Re: Parking Brake stuck

jack@yahoo.com17 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.

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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.

murray.wood@sympatico.ca16 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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