Brake cable froze October 18, 2009, 08:46:22 PM One of the ebrake cable is froze, it is not broke, I can move it with a vise and claw hammer, what can I soak it in to free it up or how do you free one of these up? Quote Selected
Brake cable froze Reply #1 – October 20, 2009, 08:20:10 PM You can try any kind of penetrating fluid and keep working it, but chances are the inner part of the cable is not in very good shape. It's worth a try though. Quote Selected
Brake cable froze Reply #2 – October 20, 2009, 08:42:56 PM What typically gets messed up in these? I'm assuming nothing here in the northwest but when I purchased new cables from NAPA for my disc conversation, they were only like $11/12 for each piece. Seems simple and cheap enough to just replace. Quote Selected
Brake cable froze Reply #3 – October 21, 2009, 07:26:11 PM Quote from: Seek;295687What typically gets messed up in these? I'm assuming nothing here in the northwest but when I purchased new cables from NAPA for my disc conversation, they were only like $11/12 for each piece. Seems simple and cheap enough to just replace.they always freeze, i replace them because there is corrosion and or rust inside it usually from not being used for 10+ years. Quote Selected
Brake cable froze Reply #4 – October 21, 2009, 08:18:32 PM I'm amazed people don't use their parking brakes to begin with - I see it all the time but it's habit for me. The originals I took off my car looked great all around, with exception of the front cable we had to mod when the piece that connects to the intermediate bracket broke off. I've only seen light surface rust on the bottoms of the doors on this car, before we painted it all. It must be something besides just age that causes the problems - I have all receipts dating back to 1990 or 1991 so I'm pretty certain they were never replaced, along with pretty much everything else on the car that should have been. Quote Selected
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