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Mike Mayer
'93 850, 5 speed, 143K miles.
I get a nasty clunk from the parking brake when I pull up on the handle,
when the car is moving forward maybe 5-10 MPH. As if something's loose
inside the mechanism. Parking brake mechanism also seems balky, sticks
sometimes.
I'd like to pull off the hub nuts on both sides and remove the brake rotor
so I can inspect the parking brake assembly. Anyone know the size socket
required for that large hub nut (under the removable hub cover)? Looks to
be a 35mm or 36mm socket, (more than 1-3/8", less than 1-1/2"). I have a
long 1/2" drive breaker-bar, if I can get a 1/2" drive socket big enough I
should be able to back-off that hub nut.
It also appears to be either a locknut with a nylon insert, or it has
loctite on the threads (can see something blue between the threads where
they meet the nut).
Has anyone done this?
Thanks,
Mike
I get a nasty clunk from the parking brake when I pull up on the handle,
when the car is moving forward maybe 5-10 MPH. As if something's loose
inside the mechanism. Parking brake mechanism also seems balky, sticks
sometimes.
I'd like to pull off the hub nuts on both sides and remove the brake rotor
so I can inspect the parking brake assembly. Anyone know the size socket
required for that large hub nut (under the removable hub cover)? Looks to
be a 35mm or 36mm socket, (more than 1-3/8", less than 1-1/2"). I have a
long 1/2" drive breaker-bar, if I can get a 1/2" drive socket big enough I
should be able to back-off that hub nut.
It also appears to be either a locknut with a nylon insert, or it has
loctite on the threads (can see something blue between the threads where
they meet the nut).
Has anyone done this?
Thanks,
Mike