The latest installation with our 1960 Corvette shows how to connect the C1’s parking brake cable to Wilwood rear brakes.

Two enterprising German police officers activated an electronic parking brake when the car was in motion. What happened?

Say goodbye to the mechanical parking brake and the levers, ratchets, cables and adjusters that go with it. Electrically operated parking brakes are starting to replace mechanical systems, which ...

The parking brake, or emergency brake, is usually attached to a car’s rear wheels. On vehicles with rear drum brakes, the parking brake is usually attached with cables to the rear brakes, as ...

The parking brake cables or mechanisms can freeze in place and will not release. This is the same as driving with the parking brake on, even after releasing the parking brake.

The Parking Brake does not even function using hydraulics; instead, it engages steel cables that are connected to the vehicle's drum brakes.

In fact, with a pull-up parking brake like your Accord has, you’ll stretch and eventually break the parking brake cables if you use them that way every day.

GM recalled the Chevrolet Captiva regarding parking brake cables BMW recalled 1 Series Active E coupes and Z4 roadster power steering modules ...

The Problem: A number of the 2010 Ford Ranger compact trucks could have the parking-brake cable come disconnected from the right rear brake actuator in cold weather. The result would be parking ...

The terms parking brake and emergency brake are used pretty much interchangeably. And indeed, this secondary cable-operated braking system can be used to slow or halt a vehicle in the unlikely ...

To eliminate the need of rounding up additional parts, a new shortbed front-to-rear brake line, new shortbed parking brake cables (rear for 1963-1965 and intermediate for 1966-1972), and all ...

A: The electric parking brake is basically an electric motor that pulls up on the parking brake cable. You would need to have a total failure of the electrical system — as well as the battery ...