Re: Parking Brake

["BENT L. PEDERSEN" <BLP@post7.tele.dk>]

Gm5055@aol.com skrev:

> My TY rolls for about 5 feet before it comes to a complete stop with the
> parking brake enganged on a flat surface in drive.  Also when i shut the TY
> off normally and put my parking brake on the TY still rolls a couple of inches
> on a small slope before it stops, just like what happens when it is not
> enganged. i might try holding the the brake release lever and using the
> parking brake to stop to see just how well it is really working.
>
> GM5055@aol.com

  Hi there.
    Correct me if I´m wrong !!!!!!!
        Aa far as I know the parking brake is your EMERGENCY brake, it is the only
mechanical connection to your brakes, so it is mandatory that it is functioning
proberly, you should be able to block your brakes while driving, if you press the
pedal all the way down, get an adjustment if your car is rolling in idle and you
applied your p.brake.....
 Imagine one day you need your brakes, and there is condenseated water in the
fluid, it will start boiling, and that gives air in your fluid, that means no
brakes.... exept your emergency ( parking brake ). There are a lot more that can
happen to your brakes than air.  So for your own safety ( and your car ). adjust
the parking brake.

Bent, Denmark
´93 Ty # 116