Re: parking brake cable replaced, still bind

[grubster@megsinet.net (Martin Gruby)]

At 12:39 AM 8/11/96 +0000, you wrote:
I had a problem this past winter with my parking brake. I got home and
parked, and put on the parking brake.  That winter there was a few weeks
when it was well below zero with the windchill.  Well, I woke up and got in
my car to go to school. I released the brake and went. The car drove but
slow.  It also smelled like burnt rubber.  I figured I better just get to
school, It was freezing and I only had about a mile to go. Well The parking
brak was like frozen to the tire.  My dad and I had to release it with a
hammer.  No major dammages.  Just had to lift the parking brake up and down
a million times till it was free and working again. 
>Hi everyone,

>The mechanic told me the right parking brake cable is rusted, causing 
>the caliper not to fully release.  Well, it is replaced now.  But the 
>caliper is still partially binding after parking brake release.  It 
>seems to release if I hit the foot brake a few times.
>Questions : 
>1. Is my caliper the real problem ?
>2. Are both my caliper and the cable bad ?  The mechanic told me the 
>caliper release better than before, but is still binding.  It is too 
>late to verify that.  I have to take his word for it.  I do trust 
>this fellow.
>3. Would a rusty cable cause the caliper to bind ?  Now that the 
>cable has been replaced, would the caliper gradually improve ???
>
>
>_________________________________
>
>Solomon Ngan <sngan@netaccess.on.ca>
>  '93 100s
>  '90 90q20v
>
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