- Joined
- Feb 28, 2001
- Messages
- 9,494
- City
- Dayton Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1990, 1997
- Engine
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Manual
- Total Lift
- 6
- Tire Size
- 35"
I almost always have working parking brakes, but I rarely use them even on manuals... the main reason is it's not exactly easy to get your foot all the way up to the parking brake pedal with the door closed in an RBV... the other reason is on my '90 I took shortcuts and didn't hook up the parking brake for a few years after the explorer axle swap, then I fixed it when I went to the disc brakes in the rear, but then I realized those 4" drums don't do SQUAT for a parking brake... if you're driving around in the sand dunes in 4low with the parking brake on, it's easy to not notice it... a few months ago I got them adjusted better but they still don't work great... Also a few months ago the pedal got stuck to the floor on the '90, I had to get the pedal bracket off to bend some linkages back into shape and lube up some bare steel surfaces... Sure there might only be 4 bolts holding the stupid bracket on, but only 1 of them is easy to get to with the drivers seat in, once I got my torso into the footwell I could barely move my hands, and I needed both in the area to hold the 2' of extensions with swivel socket on the 1/4" drive ratchet needed to get around the fuse box and random wires shoved in front of said bolts... Once I found the last offending bolt, once I got it out it did go back in a lot quicker...