TheNinja
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- Sep 14, 2021
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- Location
- USA
- Vehicle Year
- 2007
- Make / Model
- Mazda / B2300
- Transmission
- Manual
I was having my 2007 Mazda B2300 right rear tire lock up a bit and make it hard to drive (rim and drum got really hot even on short drives). I took the wheel off to look at the brake even though i just replaced them the back drums less than a year ago. I replaced all the hardware, re-assembled the brake and on my test drive had the tire drag/lock up some more. It never really locked up but had to rev the engine and could feel the break wanting to stop the truck. Anyway, i put on my best keyboard warrior hat and found a thread here talking about the exact same problem and it being fixed by replacing the parking brake cable. It was a pain to do, but replacing the cable fixed my issue. Looking back I think the cable was sticking and getting worse over the past few years, it only got really bad 4 days ago. There was no place on the web that said they had a cable for a Mazda so i bought the one for the ranger and sure enough, it fit. Hindsight is crystal clear here, a week ago, no idea, even though the truck never rolled when stopped at a light with the clutch out and in neutral. That should have been a clue, but wasn't.... Sharing my story and adding it to the list of others who experienced the same issue.