LA350
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I took apart my ebrake assy noticed that the cable was real slack. Pulled the wheels and the drum and noticed that the brake assy had frozen. Some brake cleaner, lube and some working of the assy freed it up and the slack in the cable was gone. My son adjusted everything for me and we remounted the tires. Took a drive to the Wal-Mart. Stopped applied the ebrake. Nothing. Went to pull the release handle. Nothing.
Taking off in first I could feel the drag of the brake as I let off the gas. Left for home, stopped at the gas station and as I was creeping along I could really feel the brakes dragging. Is this the cable rusted up inside the housing?
I guess I will have to rebuild the brakes. The pads were looking a bit worn, but still had plenty of miles left on them. My son was telling me of the 5 points that need to be lubed when performing the brake rebuild and that this was the cause of skipping the lube. We figured that the lubing we gave it broke everything loose, as it was moving freely.
I was pretty pissed after the brake failed to engage. Needless to say.
Taking off in first I could feel the drag of the brake as I let off the gas. Left for home, stopped at the gas station and as I was creeping along I could really feel the brakes dragging. Is this the cable rusted up inside the housing?
I guess I will have to rebuild the brakes. The pads were looking a bit worn, but still had plenty of miles left on them. My son was telling me of the 5 points that need to be lubed when performing the brake rebuild and that this was the cause of skipping the lube. We figured that the lubing we gave it broke everything loose, as it was moving freely.
I was pretty pissed after the brake failed to engage. Needless to say.