Parking brake
Whilst perusing the fount of all knowledge this morning, I read an article that Ford is doing a recall on 2018 F-150s for failing to go into Park. There have been some rollaways. It always surprises m...
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Lynnmor wrote:
Many folks learned the hard way that the use of a parking brake in freezing temperatures was a bad idea. Cables or mechanisms freeze fast and you will go nowhere.
LOL...BTDT.
I'm a member of two 411 forums and these guys get calls all the time in the winter for frozen e brakes. Most of the time they may pull the vehicle a few inches with their winches to break ice around the brake pads/shoes. If that doesn't work they use a lp bottle and heat the backside of the rotors or the back of the drum.
RV websites are a hoot for those that post something doesn't happen...simply because they never experienced it.
