wierd e brake action, anyone seen this?
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From: saugerties new york
Car: 91 firebird,mint
Engine: 305 tbi,lots of work done
Transmission: 700-r4 built by level 10 in nj
Axle/Gears: 3.73, auburn , precision
wierd e brake action, anyone seen this?
91 bird........my e brake works fine and i know the pads are good and all of that........every once in a while when i yank up on it the handle will come all the way up with no resistance almost like it became disconnected or broke(the first time it did this i s***)........then if i put it back down and do it again it works fine......anyone seen this b4? cant figure out what it could be
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From: N. Illinois
Car: 92 GTA/ 00 TA
Engine: 383/350
Transmission: 700R4/T-56
Same exact thing happens to my 00 TA. Intermittant problems don't seem to get fixed under warranty cause "they can't find anything wrong".
Don't know what causes it yet. I'm waiting for it to happen again so I can check things out when it's in the up position.
Don't know what causes it yet. I'm waiting for it to happen again so I can check things out when it's in the up position.
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Car: 92 Trans Am 'Vert
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 5 Speed
My 92 does the same thing, untill one day its just seemed to let go. It turned out to be it threw one of the cables off the bracked above the drive shaft...
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Hehe, mine does the same thing sometimes. You expect to feel resistance but then WHAM it just flies right up and you practically pull a muscle. 
Dunno why it does it though...
Dunno why it does it though... 
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From: saugerties new york
Car: 91 firebird,mint
Engine: 305 tbi,lots of work done
Transmission: 700-r4 built by level 10 in nj
Axle/Gears: 3.73, auburn , precision
id really like to now what the hell causes it............i mean either its broke or it isnt..........got me... i had a feeling i wasnt the only one thats why i posted it..........still no answer.........
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From: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Car: 1991 GTA
Engine: L98
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.23
Happenned on my GTA also. Have a '91. Anyway, when it happenned to me, it didn't work again, and it turned out to be that the parking brake cable got tangled on one of the brackets. Really hope it doesn't happen in an emergency situation.
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Dunno if the setup is the same in a thirdgen, but in my vette I had the same problem, I eventually tracked it down to a pulley the cable ran through under the car. The cable was slipping off of it, causing this problem.
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