Thread: Why do people not use their E-brakes?
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Old 07-30-2003, 05:57 PM
Kestas Kestas is offline
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Tip: You get better purchase (or seating) of the brakes if you apply the regular brakes, hold, then apply the parking brake. Otherwise, only the tip of the brake shoe is engaged. This applies to vehicles where the same drum brake is used for the parking brake as well as the service brake.
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