Parking Brake Malfunction
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Parking Brake Malfunction
Hello, I have let my C5 sit for about two months and before it did sit, the parking brake worked perfectly fine. Two months later now, I go to pull it and it seems as if it is not ratcheting to lock in place at all now. Would I need to buy a whole parking brake assembly or would there be a way to fix the one I have?
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For your sake, I hope thats all it is. Parking brakes are no different than anything else. If ya don't use 'em, they go bad. I have an A4 C5, and I've hardly used them because you really don't need them often. Just put the trans in park, and you're set. When I did really want to use them, my lower cables were frozen, especially the right side. So before RA sold out of them on clearance, I bought new Bendix brake shoes, new cables, everything. Now for the rest of the story. Im fortunate to have a 2 post lift in my garage. I get the car up in the air, and WOW-There is no way to access the upper end of either cable. It's easy to get them out down by the wheels. 2 years on, and unless Kent-Moore makes a special pair of 2ft long handled pliers, the only way I can figure to access them is to drop the rear cradle. May be why a shop wanted over $1,200 to change them, IDK. Thats why I hope that is all that's wrong with your setup. It's also why all my parking brake stuff is still NOS in the original box.....
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