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rmzalbar · 02-26-08, 11:46

There's a chance that heavily-used HOT drum brakes (many cars still use them on the rear) could be warped out-of-round as they cool around the pressure of a strongly-applied parking brake.

No need to set them with 1,000,000 lbs of force, firm is enough.

You should still turn your wheels in on hills in case the parking brake cable snaps.

02-26-08, 11:46	#28 (permalink)
rmzalbar Registered User rmzalbar is offline Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24	Re: using the parking brake There's a chance that heavily-used HOT drum brakes (many cars still use them on the rear) could be warped out-of-round as they cool around the pressure of a strongly-applied parking brake. No need to set them with 1,000,000 lbs of force, firm is enough. You should still turn your wheels in on hills in case the parking brake cable snaps.