Leave the emergency(parking) brake off?
I had a brake caliper seize heading up Vancouver Island. I had it replaced at OK tire in Duncan. Excellent service had me out in an hour. The fellow that I was dealing with said that if an Motorhome ...
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Once upon a time I was working on the transmission of my 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and while I had the pan off gazed at this little round piece of metal that was maybe 3/8" in diameter and was shocked to learn that that was the parking pawl. REALLY?
Then there was the idiot who was stuck at the marina where he had loaded his boat back onto his trailer but couldn't get it out of park because he had rolled down the ramp and when the trailer was in the right position, slammed the shift lever into park without setting the parking brakes. What a fool.
Of course there was my neighbor who "never uses the parking brake". "What for?" This is the same person that complained long and loud that a brake job cost him +$800 (35 years ago) because the calipers had to be replaced each time (this happened twice). He had a 1989 Buick Riveria which had parking brakes that involved a mechanism that engaged the piston in the caliper each time it was set. Turns out if one doesn't use the parking brakes, the caliper piston corrodes in place and the brake pedal gets lower and lower.
Then there was the idiot who was stuck at the marina where he had loaded his boat back onto his trailer but couldn't get it out of park because he had rolled down the ramp and when the trailer was in the right position, slammed the shift lever into park without setting the parking brakes. What a fool.
Of course there was my neighbor who "never uses the parking brake". "What for?" This is the same person that complained long and loud that a brake job cost him +$800 (35 years ago) because the calipers had to be replaced each time (this happened twice). He had a 1989 Buick Riveria which had parking brakes that involved a mechanism that engaged the piston in the caliper each time it was set. Turns out if one doesn't use the parking brakes, the caliper piston corrodes in place and the brake pedal gets lower and lower.
