86 5KTQW parking Brake Seizing

[Robert Deis]

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Steve Sherman wrote:

> I've looked thru the archives, and it seem that the "right" way to fix
> this would be to replace the parking brake cables, calipers and pads.

Just cables is likely sufficient unless it's been seized up long enough
for the excess heat to damage the caliper and pads.

> It seems to me that this is likely a cable thing, as the side which
> hangs up, has it's rubber/plastic coat on the parking brake cable mostly
> gone.  I was thinking that perhaps an overnite stay in the garage with
> heat applied to the cable might dry it out.

When mine first failed it was cold, snown, and slushy.  Occaisionally the
slush/gunk would get into the cable and freeze it solid, some heat would
loose it until the next good splash.  If you can get the end clean,
greasing it up well will give you a little bit of temporary protection.
You can also just unhook the offending cable, but the way the system is
set up a single cable provides very little grip- not good enugh on most
hills.

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