Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 02:04:57 -0500 From: Malcolm W. Mason <arpicnopsammail.com> Subject: Re: A reason to fix the parking brakes...
Ah yes, but how do you fix them? MWM On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 18:36:01 -0700, Inky <yada_yada_etcnopsamail.com> wrote: >My parking brakes haven't been working for months. First, the left >caliper would freeze up and I'd have to nudge it loose. So I stopped >using them. After my then-fiancÈe put the brake on one day after >driving, I learned that the right caliper freezes up, too. I've not >had time or money to fix them, so I just put it into gear as I never >park on much more than a slight incline. > >Well, tonight I had to run a move back to the video store. When I >parked, I looked at the shifter and wondered if I had left it in gear >then quickly dismissed the thought as I was sure that I had. I dropped >the movie in and walked right back out. I thought, "I don't remember >parking that far from the building." With horror, I realized I hadn't! >The car was rolling backwards. > >Since there were a couple of people in the parking lot, I didn't want >to draw attention to myself by panicking. Judging by the car's slow >movement, I knew I had time so I strolled over, got in, shut the door, >and depressed the brake. No harm done but had I been in the store 15 >seconds longer, there would have been. > >-- Chrisitan >'85 900 8V 60K