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Old 08-11-2011, 07:44 AM   #3
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Re: Parking Brake Cables replaced but still not working.

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Originally Posted by denisond3 View Post
If yours was a 2nd generation Escort, with drum brakes, I would be pretty sure the cause was a parking brake actuating lever inside the drum that was rusted up, and needed to be removed and freed up with penetrating oil and being worked back and forth. But yours probably has disc brakes in the back. Still I would suppose it is a rusted up mechanism back there.
denisond3, thanks. Actually I do have rear drums. My mechanic said he adjusted the rear brakes, but did not mention anything about using penetrating oil. I'll have to ask him.

Thanks again.
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