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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by marc12020
Dosn't everybody put the car in reverse when you park? That way the car will not roll. I was told by the dealership that the battery will go dead if it is not put into reverse when parked for a while. Is this true?
Yes it's true in a MN6. And yes mine is weak too. Came off line mid May.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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fine...no problems.
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by wwashing
There is a drum on the inside of the rear disk that contains the POS Corvette parking brake.
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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Here is the link I was talking about:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...fix&forum_id=1
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Shylor
Here is the link I was talking about:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...fix&forum_id=1

thanks, that wasn't the one i read.. very cool, thanks again..
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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So where did you get they were talking about drum brakes in this link?
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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Mine seemed lame at first but after 250 miles and 15-20 settings of the parking brake it works just fine. Either it broke in or it adjusted itself. It doesn't feel much if any different, just works much better.
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