broken ebrake. help?
 

one night i had to use my e-brake for parking on a hill and i think i had pulled it too hard. i heard a snapping noise, and then i tested it and the e-brake doesnt work anymore. also, they are usually hard to pull up right? well since mine made that noise after i pulled it too hard, it is so easy to pull up i dont need to put in any effort. does anyone here know why this might've happened, and a possible fix i can do? i wanted to get it fixed tonight because i plan on going snowboarding tomorrow and the roads will be icey and on a slope. cry:

Just need the cable replaced. Easy enough fix. Shouldn't be too expensive either.

Take it to a mechanic. 30min job at most.

new car.

I bought a virtual car on e-Brake.

[quote="Da_Bian":fd9d5]Just need the cable replaced. Easy enough fix. Shouldn't be too expensive either.

Take it to a mechanic. 30min job at most.[/quote:fd9d5]

think any places are open 6pm on sat?

your cable snapped. my ebrake hasn't worked for 2 years. i don't think you really need it. beer:

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If you lived in Taiwan, you wouldnt be asking me this question as you'd know it'd be YES (mechanics open till 10pm here every day).

But since you're in a western country, I'd have to say....you're screwed buddy.
If its an auto, just put it in park facing forwards down a hill.
Manual, I guess you can put it in gear.
Get a few bricks, too, for your wheels.

If the Car is standard then yes it's a pain in the ass if e-brake broke but whether it is or not I havent used an e-brake once to park or use is to slide around corners, so you should be fine put the car in park or gear and you're good to go. btw enjoy snowboarding beer:

Yeha, thats it though. an my ebrake is on the floor so it doesn't work too well.

[quote:907bb]If the Car is standard then yes it's a pain in the ass if e-brake broke[/quote:907bb]

My cars standard. I just put it in gear. It stays where I left it.

[quote="Da_Bian":4a7ed]If you lived in Taiwan, you wouldnt be asking me this question as you'd know it'd be YES (mechanics open till 10pm here every day).

But since you're in a western country, I'd have to say....you're screwed buddy.
If its an auto, just put it in park facing forwards down a hill.
Manual, I guess you can put it in gear.
Get a few bricks, too, for your wheels.[/quote:4a7ed]

oh lol, didnt know you lived in TW. well thanks for the advice, if i can find some bricks ill be using them. +1 biggrin:

if its a standard then just leave it in first gear, no need for a e-brake really

its an automatic

park it horizontal to the hill

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+1

Or that.

Just don't have it facing backwards down hill. You won't be able to pull it out of park. Or, at least, it'll be very difficult and make a lovely crunching noise when you do.

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+1[/quote:0b6d9]

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either cable snapped or just got really loose. probably nsapped though. Mine did that recently. The brake had frozen and no matter what I tried it wouldnt unlock so I just drove with it on. about 2 minutes later I stopped and tried it again and snap. Made my life easier and a lot less smelly.
It not thast hard to fix the ebrake cable. As long as nothing else is wrong. The first time mine went apparently 3 out of 4 brake cables severed, 2 boots got destroyed and the pads needed replacement. And that all happened while I was doing 80 on a highway.

I hope its not a manual, if its an auto its not that big of a deal.