parking brake broke.....

FastGTragtop · 04-17-2001, 06:06 PM

I have a 87 GT convertible and I was in my driveway and I had to put the parking brake on to get out and open the garage door. The parking brake was pretty worn out already and I had it on but the car rolled back so I tried to put it up a little more and it just gave way. I tried driving the car afterwards and I heard something rubbing , but nothing was hanging from the car that I could see. Does this sound like bad news because I could care less about the brake, but I care about driveability. Any feedback to tell me what that noise is or what I should do would be of great help. Thanks

Z28EATR · 04-17-2001, 07:24 PM

i had mine go out about a month ago, same rubbing sound against the drive shaft? That is probably where the two individual cables meet the T shaped bracket and routes up to the handle, i replaced mine, i think the new piece was about fifteen bucks, not very hard, just watch for a clip that keeps the spring in the new handle loaded till its installed. Then pull the clip.

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04-17-2001, 06:06 PM	#1
FastGTragtop Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: St.Clair Shores, MI, 48080 Posts: 16	parking brake broke..... I have a 87 GT convertible and I was in my driveway and I had to put the parking brake on to get out and open the garage door. The parking brake was pretty worn out already and I had it on but the car rolled back so I tried to put it up a little more and it just gave way. I tried driving the car afterwards and I heard something rubbing , but nothing was hanging from the car that I could see. Does this sound like bad news because I could care less about the brake, but I care about driveability. Any feedback to tell me what that noise is or what I should do would be of great help. Thanks

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04-17-2001, 07:24 PM	#2
Z28EATR Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Florence, KY,USA Posts: 210	i had mine go out about a month ago, same rubbing sound against the drive shaft? That is probably where the two individual cables meet the T shaped bracket and routes up to the handle, i replaced mine, i think the new piece was about fifteen bucks, not very hard, just watch for a clip that keeps the spring in the new handle loaded till its installed. Then pull the clip. ------------------ 88 LX 5.0 Ragtop "Desire" 14.29 @ 96.45 mph Mod Specs