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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
Being a professional mechanic doesn't make for an expert on all things mechanical. There is no substitute for experience.
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No games, what the F are you even saying?
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Then [ it ] wears out and starts hanging up. Eventually it gets so bad the linkage breaks. No, that never happens.
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It? the parking brake? it's a brake, not a pawl, it has wear liners, but without friction, those aren't going anywhere, so unless you're ripping e-brake slides... no it's not going to wear out. Drum parking brakes have slack adjusters, the lever and cable system has slack adjuster. The system is entirely designed to accomodate wear, as the brake shoes are a wear item and cables settle in and stretch. Sir, your point?
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Then it wears out and [ starts hanging up ]. Eventually it gets so bad the linkage breaks. No, that never happens.
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Parking brakes are use-it-or-lose-it. all linkages except the wires are metal on metal and live in the wheel ends and are prone to rusting in place with lack of use. Using a parking brake will result in the EXACT OPPOSITE of what you say. If you do want it to hang, using it rarely or sparingly is exactly what you want to do.
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Then it wears out and starts hanging up. [ Eventually it gets so bad the linkage breaks ]. No, that never happens.
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A parking brake will not break from use, it will break from rust attacking the cables and cable hardware, fasteners and springs, but that will happen on a time scale, not on a use scale. You can use your parking brake and have rust eat it in 15 years, or you can not use it, and still have rust eat it in 15 years. Sir, your point?
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Then it wears out and starts hanging up. Eventually it gets so bad the linkage breaks. [ No, that never happens. ]
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A sarcastic implication that parking brakes frequently fail with use. Well, I ripped a cable on an old 4Runner, it was manual and the parking brake was used every day of it's life, but with the age it had, the parking brake system had outlasted the front calipers, which failed in used years before.anything can happen, but realistically, your main service brake will have a failure before the mechanical parking brake.