General Suspension: How-to: Adjusting the emergency - parking brake on 05-09 Cobalt w/ rear disc brakes
mine is done and perfect again. i had to compress the piston then twist is to get it going. it was completely locked up on both sides...btw, the universal piston tool does not work!!! i ended up using needle nose pliers
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From: Gadsden, AL
After having GM adjust mine three times, i went to the dealer today for them to do it again because it came loose and wouldnt hold. They made the handle tight again, and we tested it on a small ramp. Oddly, it did NOT hold, they went back in, and said my rear calipers were messed up, something with the guide rods not going in all the way / clamping so they ordered new ones. Im cool with that.
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I've had to adjust mine twice since I got the car in October. I have a fairly steep incline in my driveway, and i adjusted it to where 5 clicks holds it towards the bottom, 6 clicks will hold it at the top. But for some reason, after about two months the cable will loosen up slowly. Any thoughts on what's causing this?
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From: Kitsap, Wa
I've had to adjust mine twice since I got the car in October. I have a fairly steep incline in my driveway, and i adjusted it to where 5 clicks holds it towards the bottom, 6 clicks will hold it at the top. But for some reason, after about two months the cable will loosen up slowly. Any thoughts on what's causing this?
Car was purchased April 2010 new. I use the ebrake daily (every once in a while for "hektik skidz") and just now it topped out the mechanical movement of the handle while barely being able to hold the car on a moderate hill(4% incline, driveway). It has 70k miles and I have replaced the rear pads and rotors once (rotors for that aftermarket black powder coat and personal policy of rotors and pads being installed as pairs... overkill for the rears, I know.)
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I would like to try this today. Any photos available?
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I figured it out with just he descriptions.
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I figured it out with just he descriptions.
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From: Central Cali
Emergency Brake Replacement
Spent a ton of time searching this site and did not get the answer I needed. Does anyone know where to get a new Ebrake assembly? The button and what ever springs or plastic crap that holds it together is broken. The chevy dealership in my area wants to sell me a new one for $110 + Labor. Sounds like the typical screw the driver scheme to me. Anyway, is there a sturdier after market replacement?
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