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1. Any ideas why my parking brake is useless? (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:15:09 -0700; Okay, this has been going on since I got the car (30 years!), but I am finally tired of living with it. On the '65 I can pull the bejeezus out of the brake handle and the shoes barely rub on the drum; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00804.html (8,050 bytes)
2. RE: Any ideas why my parking brake is useless? (score: 1): Author: Joe Short <buster_balz@operamail.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:44:31 -0400; Check out the fulcrum on the rear axle, and any other pivot points. I did mine last year, and they were all frozen solid, the new cable was useless until they were moving again. Joe '75 B Roadster L; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00805.html (7,329 bytes)
3. Re: Any ideas why my parking brake is useless? (score: 1): Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:12:31 +0100; Having had a number of BL cars over the years they all tend to suffer from the same problem, and I have found the only solution is to dismantle the linkage at the drum at every service, clean and lub; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00871.html (9,869 bytes)
4. Re: Any ideas why my parking brake is useless? (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:30:36 -0700; Thanks Paul, I'll check for wear on the actuators. I've had two clean and lubed sets in there, but didn't really look for wear at the bearing points. Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00888.html (8,750 bytes)
5. RE: Any ideas why my parking brake is useless? (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:58:08 -0400; Perhaps an idea is to use the parking brake less for parking: let the car remain in gear (1 or reverse). Cheers, Hans Having had a number of BL cars over the years they all tend to suffer from the sa; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00915.html (10,256 bytes)
6. RE: Any ideas why my parking brake is useless? (score: 1): Author: ya632@victoria.tc.ca (Paul Nelson); Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:46:17 -0700; IME, if you don't use it regularly then it is likely to become siezed and useless. PN; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00925.html (7,334 bytes)

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