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Quick question- rear parking brake elimination ??

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Old 03-21-2013, 04:44 PM
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Default Quick question- rear parking brake elimination ??

My rear parking brake is dragging bad. Can I just unhook the cable and take the brake band off?
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You can just pull the shoes and be done.. or put new ones in there
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^^^^^^ yep.. But wait you need that
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blah.. na just dont take the brake pads off.. just the shoes..
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[i have my rear disc and don't use the parking brake anyways. Just wanted to make sure that it wasn't hooked up to my regular brakes in any way
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