E Brake??

[Mike97gt]

Mustangs dont use the caliper when the e brake is engaged anyway, there is a small mechanical drum brake built into the rear rotors that holds shoes like any other drum brake and that is what is used when the e brake is installed not the rotor.

wrong.. the mustang IS NOT equiped with that setup, thats in the explorer/expeditions/f-series/crown vic and the lincoln mercury twins of those cars

most cars in germany are compacts with tires thats are half as wide as a mustang. It's a lot easier to lock up those tiny ass tires than the big tires on a mustang. That test is unreasonable.

 

[Thundermouse]

edit: double post

 

[Thundermouse]

The rear 10.5" disks on the V6/GT just dpon't have the leverage to lock up a fat-tired GT. Maybe if you installed some really skinny 15" wheels with 195 series rubber it might lock up. Like i said before, my e-brake will hold the car on the steepest of hills and never let go, but i can't lock them up at 5MPH

I'm not so sure that the diameter of the rotor contributes as much to the mustang's inablilty to lock the rear wheels as do other factors. Both my Mach and Cobra won't lock with the hand brake, and they have a larger rear disk. Also, my dad's Altima will lock without much effort at all, and it can't have much larger than a 9" rear disk. I think mustang's use an alternate design to purposely prevent the rear from locking. Enough teenagers get killed every year while attempting stupid stunts in their mustangs, so it seems to me like Ford would have an incentive to keep kids from doing an handbrake slide. I'll take a look the next time I'm under there.

 

[sunburstgold]

Woops sorry i thought the stang was like that too my bad, thanks SVT

 

[FivePointStang]

My 98' had a recall for the e-brake. If your car is a 98 (maybe other years too) then see if it has a recall. FWIW, I never got mine 'fixed' anyway ...

My 2000 has had the "fix" on the Ebrake but I didnt notice anything different. To my knowledge I know this affected 94+ Mustangs. They recalled all 5-speed transmission cars, since all automatics should be be in PARK when not driven. This was a couple years ago that Ford had this recall.

Id go have it checked out. But that might be difficult considering you are in Germany.

 

[Will Smith]

Mustangs dont use the caliper when the e brake is engaged anyway, there is a small mechanical drum brake built into the rear rotors that holds shoes like any other drum brake and that is what is used when the e brake is installed not the rotor.

Wrong Ghost rider. The e-brake or "parking brake" which ever term u use is built into the rear calipers. That is why on a mustang u MUST turn the rear pistons to get them to go back in. They can be tightened to my knowlege. U need to look roughly under the center console with the car in the air for easiest access i believe.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

No they are self adjusting.

 

[smueller]

Mustangs dont use the caliper when the e brake is engaged anyway, there is a small mechanical drum brake built into the rear rotors that holds shoes like any other drum brake and that is what is used when the e brake is installed not the rotor.

WTF are you talking about? Have you ever looked at the rear brakes on a newer model Mustang? Seriously you have no clue...

 

[Mike97gt]

Ok he confused it with another ford setup... no need to get nasty so lets drop it now.

 

[hognutz]

the ebrake on my car is very simple system. there are two rear cables, one cable from the handle, in the handle there is a tensioner. It is like a coiled up spring that you have to undwind to get the cables in place and then it just keeps constant tention to take up the slack in the system.

I would pull the center console and make sure that tensioner is not maxed out. If it is you would need new cables. cables are about $40 a piece.

pads are very easy to check. the only other solution would be new rear calipers that I can think of.

all in all though this would be $80 at most to fix even if the cables were streched.

 

[sunburstgold]

Thanks SVT... Uncool smueller