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Default Drum brakes - do you disconnect the parking brake cable?

Mad Roger posted for all of us...



On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:45:36 -0500,
Clare Snyder wrote:

It generally unhooks from the activbation lever connected to the
brake shoes. On soime cars the lever unhooks easily from the shoe and
does not NEED to be disconnected from the cable

Again - I would ADVISE you (the OP) to have a mechanic properly
repair the brakes.


This net picture seems to show the rear drum brake setup reasonably well.
https://s13.postimg.org/hy7ga57c7/Rear_Brakes_1.jpg

I wonder why they put drum brakes in this vehicle when most are disc?


Money, probably existing design...

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