flyboy1011 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 So just picked up a 2005 Jeep Wrangler Sport(pics to come), and yesterday parked on a slight incline, so I used the parking brake. Long story short, I must have either pulled too hard on the brake or the lines are bad or a combination of the two. So are there any automotive guys out there who could maybe come by and help me unseize this biatch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Cut the cable. Parking brakes are for pussies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4isvt Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 yes my yota has a e brake handle but thats about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy1011 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 so if i just straight up cut the line, the brake will disengage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpone605 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 It might but most likely not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 so if i just straight up cut the line, the brake will disengage? Yes, they usually do and if not you just tap on the lever that the cable hooks to at the brake drum and that will free them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Yes, they usually do and if not you just tap on the lever that the cable hooks to at the brake drum and that will free them.If thats the case, can't he just have someone hold the button to disengage the brake (release the tension), then tap on the cable hooks to free them? That way you aren't destroying the cable. I would try that first, in hopes that I'd fix my brake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy1011 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 If thats the case, can't he just have someone hold the button to disengage the brake (release the tension), then tap on the cable hooks to free them? That way you aren't destroying the cable. I would try that first, in hopes that I'd fix my brakeI like this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Can try that but if they are siezing the cable is most likely shot anyway and needs replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Can try that but if they are siezing the cable is most likely shot anyway and needs replaced.Yes but at least he can get it some place to be fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Still can take it to be fixed, when you cut it the only thing that wont work anymore is the parking brake. That needs replaced anyway so he's not out anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 I generally pull the wheel and drum, and use vice grips to yank the cable back. Then I don't use the parking brake till I replace the defective cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Kill it with fire!! ....Or lube the cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 try driving in reverse and braking hard. that used to free up the parking break on my probe. I stopped using it after the third time it stuck...but reversing the direction of force can sort of "wiggle" the brakes the same way you'd wiggle a tent stake to get it out of the ground. forward, then brake. backward, then brake; and repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 ^^what redkow97 said. I've had the parking brake stick on my Jeep, and I just drive it to fix it. Big pop/clunk and it lets go. With mine, it's something else that sticks when it's wet outside. Lots of brake squeak also, for a bit. It's not my cable, I think... It's a Jeep thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 its a jeep thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat0403 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 +1...it's a jeep thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 don't assume it's just a simple stuck cable problem.I've seen brake shoes come off of the back plates on drum brakes and lodge themselves inside the drum.Dodge neons are notorious for this.if you have disk brakes on the rear wiggle the cable around. this often frees them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CattaniAFJ Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Don't use it anymore, park it in gear (if it is a stick, which I should be) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Dodge neons are notorious for this.and that's not even the worst thing wrong with Neons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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