going to be doing some work on the blazer
#11
03-08-2010, 10:25 AM
yea i know about the slide pins, i re-grease the pins every time i do a brake job. my parking brake seems to move just fine in the car so it shouldnt be seized up or anything...hell even when i have it fully applied the pads dont even touch so i should be able to slide the rotor off without worry about a groove being formed haha
. lol...sorry, I hate when people call it a car. It can get confusing.
#12
03-09-2010, 12:34 AM
what's anoying is when people refer to the trunk lid as the hood-that's confusing! took me years to get my wife to stop saying "whatever".
#14
03-09-2010, 01:17 PM
thats what happened to mine sisk. i put the parking brake on cause i was doing some work up underneath and need the lever moved. well the brakes dragged all the way to work and back. ate my pads and one rotor.
#15
03-09-2010, 03:37 PM
But I guess if you don't know, you make stuff up...
#19
03-09-2010, 04:34 PM
i was just sharing my experience. the parking brake cable was locked up. when i removed the rear tire. the rotor was destroyed and the pads. well they were not there. there was just these 2 cool shiny things
. just the backing of what holds the pad. i disengaged the cable. and replaced both rear brakes and rotors cause it was do for it anyways on the other side. ii also greased the slide pins. since then i've not used the parking brake
and i have not had any problems. so idk if there was some way by engaging the parking brake would cause the rotors to be damaged. i suppose the caliper must have been dragging really bad. thats the only other possibility i can think ofthanks chris
#20
03-09-2010, 04:49 PM
come on kyle!! lol.
i was just sharing my experience. the parking brake cable was locked up. when i removed the rear tire. the rotor was destroyed and the pads. well they were not there. there was just these 2 cool shiny things. just the backing of what holds the pad. i disengaged the cable. and replaced both rear brakes and rotors cause it was do for it anyways on the other side. ii also greased the slide pins. since then i've not used the parking brake and i have not had any problems. so idk if there was some way by engaging the parking brake would cause the rotors to be damaged. i suppose the caliper must have been dragging really bad. thats the only other possibility i can think of
i was just sharing my experience. the parking brake cable was locked up. when i removed the rear tire. the rotor was destroyed and the pads. well they were not there. there was just these 2 cool shiny things
. just the backing of what holds the pad. i disengaged the cable. and replaced both rear brakes and rotors cause it was do for it anyways on the other side. ii also greased the slide pins. since then i've not used the parking brake and i have not had any problems. so idk if there was some way by engaging the parking brake would cause the rotors to be damaged. i suppose the caliper must have been dragging really bad. thats the only other possibility i can think ofThere is NO WAY you messed up your pads/rotors but engaging the parking brake. You probably did it buy trying to show off to your friends and brake stand your truck.
Ill highlight for you
- Exclusive Parking Brakes
- Exclusive parking brake systems use disc and drum brake technology. For normal braking, discs are used. But for parking brakes, a drum brake is used. Rather than the halves of the drum sitting inside of the wheel hub, they sit against the inside of the rotor. This allows for stronger grip and a failsafe should one type of brake or the other stop functioning suddenly when on the road. Like with a drum brake, the halves of the drum are pushed outward to grab against the inside of the rotor and prevent it from moving when the parking brake is engaged via hydraulic linkage.
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