Parking brake worn down

[ponkotsu]

Yes, two brake questions in one day.

I was surprised to see my parking brake worn almost completely away. The lining actually fell off one of the shoes when I pulled the rotor off. I put it back together as-is. Didn't plan on doing brake shoes today. I'll get to it eventually.

Is this normal? I'm sure there should be some wear just from drag, but I wonder if somebody drove it a distance with the parking brake on.

 

[snoranger]

Its not uncommon for them to fall apart.

 

[96eb96]

Very very common actually, especially if it is used infrequently. You are probably going to have to change cables and hardware to get it working again.

 

[ponkotsu]

The cable and all seems to be fine. It actually still works with one of the shoes missing. Just doesn't hold very well at all. I think this is going to be a low priority fix. I'll carry a chock block in case I need to park on a hill.

 

[1996BLKBauer]

I am fairly certain this is a very common problem on our trucks. every time I go to a Junk Yard, all of the parking brake shoes, are eaten up, or falling a part. At least you don't have to do so much work to get yours functioning again. For me, I have to replace the cast bracket on the passenger side that holds the cable, which just happens to be a part of rear diff.

 

[ponkotsu]

Interesting that all the parking brake shoes are worn down. That means they are dragging. Under normal use their should be no drag at all. Lots of wasted gasoline.