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e-brake doesn't fully release       #: 1763
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 Posted: Sun Sep 22nd, 2019 08:48 am
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Or, I guess more properly, the pedal doesn't fully retract.

2009 Ranger, all stock; I rebuilt the rear brakes maybe 25,000 miles ago (143k now).

E-brake works, but when I pull the handle, the pedal only comes back almost all the way up.  The brake is released, but the light stays on and it dings at me if I try to drive off.

Pull the release lever and use my toe to pull the pedal up the last click and it's fine.

Started doing it on cold days, now it's pretty much every time.

Getting annoying, especially since with a manual trans my left toe is often occupied for a bit immediately after releasing the e-brake.

*I could, and might, just rig up a "helper spring" for it, but thought I'd poll the collective first.

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 Posted: Sun Sep 22nd, 2019 09:58 pm
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I had one like that, I never fixed it but there is a torsion spring that gets weak. Grab an entire lever off one with an automatic, it only breaks if you use it. Most automatic people never use their parking brake true story. Spring will be like new.



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