parking brake

dan86 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:13 pm

Hi guys
Got a bit of an issue with my parking brake. It doesn't work :lol:

I have a pretty good idea what the issue is, but just wondering if any of you have had the same.
Mine is an '03 KJ 2.5 CRD btw.
When you pull the lever inside, the brake shoes don't move.
There is a lever that is on the end of the parking brake cable and I think that is the problem.
A few pics for reference

The lever is made up of 2 parts. #3 + #4 in the last pic.
My guess is it has just seized up and needs freed off.
Any help as always is welcome

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:35 pm

not my area of expertise, just here to shed some items to check. does the cable move freely or does it act like its attached to the pads? could the springs and or shoes be worn down?

those pads look really nasty! also, some degreaser my clean up those internals...

bgcarl01 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:03 pm

They tend to rust up. Mine did the same. spent a few hours with some pb blaster and pliers to get them moving again.

bgcarl01 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:04 pm

The pads for the Ebrake shoes are super thin to start with. I thought mine were toasted, and ordered a new pair, only to find they didn't come with much material anyway.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:10 pm

bgcarl01 wrote:

The pads for the Ebrake shoes are super thin to start with. I thought mine were toasted, and ordered a new pair, only to find they didn't come with much material anyway.

plenty of drivers burn theirs up. I followed a driver once that was burning pads going up the park way in Virginia. kept flashing my lights honking. he eventually pulled over. said, ogh, that was why my rpms and engine temps were high. I laughed and left.

bgcarl01 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:23 pm

Yeah, i bet dragging those wouldn't last 30 miles.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:40 pm

they did it for a good 5 miles and never realized the white smoke behind them. pretty sure they and the transmission were shot after that ordeal. his rpms were sky high.

what goes through peoples minds? hmmm, my engine is warmer then usual and my rpms are above 5k rpm going up hill. little Nissan. same hill for me was 3k avg.

dan86 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:11 am

---update---
took them apart this morning. the lever on the end of the cable wasn't seized. very rusty, but not seized! whatever goes through the middle of the two bits broke off and i'm not sure what it's supposed to be. looks like a rivet, but not sure.
anybody got any ideas?

the cable itself moves perfectly freely so that's not an issue. as for the state of the pads, rotors and shoes- don't panic guys. I have new ones :mrgreen:

I just want to get it all working as it should before I change anything :BANANA:

dan86 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:51 am

right. another update!
I now finally have a handbrake! It's only on one side for now because I ran out of time, but now I know what I need to do.
thanks to all that replied.

xhizzous · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:38 pm

The brake lever that you pictured froze up in mine as well. I found it like that when i went to replace the axle seals. I coated it up in never seize and put it back together and it seems to work now. Mine was not near as bad off as the ones in the pictures.

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