No emergency brakes (not the cables)
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No emergency brakes (not the cables)
I have posted this in the Tires,Wheels and Brakes forum but it seems to be mostly concerning Tires and Wheels so:
I have a 2005 Cooper with 43000 miles on it. I have had no braking from the emergency brakes for several years. I have jacked up the back end and bottomed out the adjustment and can turn the rear wheels by hand. The only explanations I got were 'the cables are rusted in place, broken or stretched'. I was skeptical since I rarely use the hand brake but I purchased the cables and installed them. Same results. The cables I took off were not bound up or broken.
($10 for the pair + shipping) The only suspect left is the caliper but I have not found any exploded view of them to see what I would be getting into.
Anybody have any suggestions as to what the cause of the problem might be?
Ben
I have a 2005 Cooper with 43000 miles on it. I have had no braking from the emergency brakes for several years. I have jacked up the back end and bottomed out the adjustment and can turn the rear wheels by hand. The only explanations I got were 'the cables are rusted in place, broken or stretched'. I was skeptical since I rarely use the hand brake but I purchased the cables and installed them. Same results. The cables I took off were not bound up or broken.
($10 for the pair + shipping) The only suspect left is the caliper but I have not found any exploded view of them to see what I would be getting into.
Anybody have any suggestions as to what the cause of the problem might be?
Ben
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Checked it out
The ebrake lever on the caliper moves freely. It just does not move the brake pads far enough. Barely makes contact with 7 clicks of the ebrake handle. Since I rarely use it anyway, I put a little over 3/8 of an inch of washers under the adjusting nut. Get a little more contact. Will hold the car if the hill isn't too steep. Can't see spending $330+ for new calipers. Thanks again for your suggestions.
Ben
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