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Posted: Sat May 22nd, 2021 07:19 pm

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What was Ford thinking when they routed these cables? They all wear in the exact same spot thru the casing before the rust sets in, that extension spring helps on the driver side for the 2 years it actually lasts before rotting off. And that uneven pull where cable 1 merges with cable 2, no wonder they wear unevenly.

The cable ends are crimped together making it near impossible to remove and impossible to re install without a new 2 sided crimp clip and what I'm sure is a very expensive set of crimpers it takes to make it hold. They must have hired a new engineer and this was his first project.

On an automatic vehicle of any breed the e-brake is never used. There is a statistic somewhere I saw, the percentage is so small it is ridiculous and it is mostly older people who used to drive a stick.

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So why does the cable wear through it the SAME SPOT on all of them and the routing spring is ALWAYS broken? I have 4 rangers sitting out front not one spring in one piece. I have never seen one in tact.

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Posted: Sat May 22nd, 2021 10:41 pm

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Mine was intact in my ranger and on all the Rangers I've seen in the junkyard...maybe the rust has something to do with it? But I do agree it's a very dumb design either way.

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An easy/cheap process in manufacturing without forethought of possible failure or dificulty in removal and replacement decades after production.

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What you call the e-brake is the handbrake over here (yes I know US cars also have a foot operated lever for it)

Regardless it should always be applied when leaving the car even on autos - you can't rely on the gearbox pawl holding the car.

We are also taught that the front wheels should be turned into the kerb (curb) when parking on a hill.

Good job you don't need to take a UK driving test - you would fail if the handbrake is not applied!

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That's the only time you apply a parking brake on an automatic car is when you take your drivers test.

I wouldn't pass the test over there because I would insist on driving on the correct side of the road.

Never seen a parking pawl break, seen drum wear one time from putting it in park at 60MPH.

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Only a commercial drivers license requires the use if the parking brake. Mostly because you cant leave a diesel engine in gear on a manual tranny and the brake locks it down. For the auto tranny there is no park on a large truck. The tranny is set to neutral and the brake applied. It is also usually air brakes.

Getting a CDL is quite a bit more involved than the regular class C license. For the Class B CDL the parallel parking of a 38' truck getting the rear bumper within 6" of the rear mark is one of the tougher tasks.

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