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#1
05-11-2004, 08:27 PM
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hand brakes
will i cause damage if over the next week i only use my hand brake? i'm in the process of figuring out how to swap out the pads, but don't want to cause any rotor damage by using the foot brake
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#3
05-12-2004, 07:22 AM
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Re: hand brakes
Not to mention risking running into something. That li'l ole handbrake only operates on the rear wheels.
Hope you read this in time - praying for you, buddy.
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#4
05-12-2004, 10:23 AM
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Re: hand brakes
i know it only operates the rear wheels, that's why i'm using it... the problem was i didn't want to ruin my front rotors. how will that screw up the axles? which the front or the rear?
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I would love to see a special where thay show the getaways, they could call it "Worlds shortest police chases" Then Johnny Bunnell could say something like "Officer Bobby Ray Gasshall floored it but he soon found out that his Crown Vic is no match for Johnny Tran's S-2000" -jrbump
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#5
05-12-2004, 01:36 PM
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Re: Re: hand brakes
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the rear axles, and your hand brake operates on a flexible cable, so chances are you will snap that as well if you try to use it while moving.
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#6
05-12-2004, 01:45 PM
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haha what an idea.
 personally i'd like to see someone doing this because it would be pretty hilarious but yeah its pretty bad for the car.
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#7
05-12-2004, 02:20 PM
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Re: hand brakes
ya wicked hilariuos, f23...
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I would love to see a special where thay show the getaways, they could call it "Worlds shortest police chases" Then Johnny Bunnell could say something like "Officer Bobby Ray Gasshall floored it but he soon found out that his Crown Vic is no match for Johnny Tran's S-2000" -jrbump
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#8
05-12-2004, 02:25 PM
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Re: hand brakes
god i hate people who just come here to do anything besides sharing real information. if you wanna chat get out of the tech forums
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I would love to see a special where thay show the getaways, they could call it "Worlds shortest police chases" Then Johnny Bunnell could say something like "Officer Bobby Ray Gasshall floored it but he soon found out that his Crown Vic is no match for Johnny Tran's S-2000" -jrbump
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05-13-2004, 01:44 AM
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so what exactly happens when you pull the hand brake. There is a cable that just stops your back axel right there. Does the cable break if you are going too fast? How fast is too fast? How resilient is the cable?
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#10
05-13-2004, 08:02 AM
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Re: hand brakes
ya that's what i wanna know... i mean i've used it on and off and way more brutally than i am using it now and it hasn't snapped, adn i haven't found any trouble w/ my rear axle.
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I would love to see a special where thay show the getaways, they could call it "Worlds shortest police chases" Then Johnny Bunnell could say something like "Officer Bobby Ray Gasshall floored it but he soon found out that his Crown Vic is no match for Johnny Tran's S-2000" -jrbump
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#11
06-08-2004, 03:33 PM
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Re: hand brakes
well NO BROKEN AXLES or anything dumb like that. the car did not get ruined. after some time the effectiveness of the break went down pretty rapidly. using it excessively will loosen the tension in the parking brake cable. this was fixed in under ten minutes w/ minimal tools however, and is back to normal. now front and back brakes are all set
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I would love to see a special where thay show the getaways, they could call it "Worlds shortest police chases" Then Johnny Bunnell could say something like "Officer Bobby Ray Gasshall floored it but he soon found out that his Crown Vic is no match for Johnny Tran's S-2000" -jrbump
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06-09-2004, 07:08 AM
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good. so it doesn't hurt your car that much. thanks for the info. what did you have to do fix the cable?
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#13
06-09-2004, 01:56 PM
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Re: hand brakes
When i'm drunk I like to rip up on some e-brake on the way home and do some slidin'. Hasn't hurt my car (yet.)
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#14
06-09-2004, 02:34 PM
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Re: hand brakes
skubydobdo - same here. love sliding around w/ my ebrake. myrrdex - it's in the haynes manual in the brake section, it's just tightening it. basically remove your armrest console, and you'll see where the single cable from the ebrake handle connects to two individual cables. turn the nut on the connecting piece clockwise to tighten (do not tighten too much). if you need me to i'll upload pics
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I would love to see a special where thay show the getaways, they could call it "Worlds shortest police chases" Then Johnny Bunnell could say something like "Officer Bobby Ray Gasshall floored it but he soon found out that his Crown Vic is no match for Johnny Tran's S-2000" -jrbump
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#15
06-09-2004, 03:07 PM
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Re: Re: hand brakes
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Why the Hell would you want to take the chance of killing someone by driving around with only a hand brake? Go buy a manual and change the front pads (It's very simple) or pay someone to do it for you.
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