Thread: Parking Brake
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Old 04-12-2008, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by pokemon
Using the parking brake all the time will eliminate the rust builtup (from snow, rain etc) inside the casing. The movement of the cable by using the parking brake is also the cleaning motion as well. Just using the parking brake once in a blue moon is almost guaranteed the parking brake will seize on you.
This is great information. I've been avoiding the parking brake after reading about the issues here. I guess I'll have to start giving it a tug...once the car has been turned off, of course.
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