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parking brake design
Posted by Jason 0W-40 (more from Jason 0W-40) on Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:03:21
In Reply to: Do not routinely adust the P-brake, fix whats wrong., Dean, Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:34:00
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I always figured that the "cam" type of parking brake was better, grabbing the rear disc brakes instead of requiring a whole separate mini-drum setup--my '88 9000T had the "cam" type, and my '99 Accord had it, but curiously, not the 9-5!
Why would they seemingly go backwards in parking brake design with the 9-5?
Is there some sort of superiority I don't know about in the "mini-drum" type of parking brake design? Current BMWs have this same parking brake setup, as do Benzes (not sure about the newest MBs though)
Not sure about what SAAB recommends, but BMW and MB recommend that you exercise this "mini-drum" type of parking brake every so often--in an empty parking lot, you'd use the parking brake (only) to gradually slow the car down and bring it to a stop. I guess this scrubs dirt and rust off the shoes and drum... I think this also activates the self-adjusters??
Jason
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