[DMCForum] Re: next question is....about the parking brake -- Fixed I think!!

["lakelanier20" <derek4567@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alright, this morning I was all ready to jack up the rear of the car 
to take the back wheels off.  I put some small wedges behind the 
wheels to drive up on (the only drawback to the Eibach springs is 
that just about no standard jack will fit under the car when sitting 
on the ground -- otherwise they're great) and had the jacks ready to 
go, etc...
So I sat in the car and was about to start the engine, and turned the 
key just to position 2, (and had it in neutral for the moment) and 
thought I'd give the parking brake release handle "one more try" 
before cranking the engine.  ....    .....    And it released all the 
way with ease!!  I was astonshed, but most happily so.  
(After further inspection since my last post, I saw that the brake 
handle was stopping 2 clicks short of the bottom.  Now it was all the 
way).
Since it's raining today, I can't drive the car to make sure the 
squealing is gone, so I'm only celebrating an 80% victory at the 
moment.  But I still feel very lucky that I seemingly got away with 
another "easy" fix.   :)

Thanks Dave J. and Walt for your responses.

-Derek L
VIN 5302



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "lakelanier20" <derek4567@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> Alright, here's the latest "new little problem."
> 
> I had my car parked on an incline (ramps in my garage) for the past 
> 3 days.  The front of the car sat about 12"-14" higher than the 
> rear.  Naturally, I pulled the parking brake pretty tight and put 
> blocks behind the wheels.  So today, when I drove the car off the 
> ramps, the "brake" light in the instrument cluster would not turn 
> off when I released the parking brake handle, and there is now a 
> loud squealing noise coming from the rear wheels whenever I turn 
the 
> car to the right.  (It does not matter if this is forward or 
> reverse, if the front wheels are turned right and I drive, the 
> squealing is at its loudest).   I tried pulling the brake tight 
> again and releasing it a few times, all to no avail.
> 
> Could this be a problem in the parking brake handle?  (confirmed by 
> the light not going off -- like the handle is not releasing 
> completely)  Or, do I need to attempt some sort of adjustment 
> similar to what is described here:
> http://lukesandel.com/auto/delorean/repair/parkingbrake.html
> 
> Or something else altogether.  Any help is greatly appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks,
> -Derek L
> VIN 5302

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