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Gregski

10-12-2014 01:36 AM

Parking Brake Won't Ratchet

please help, in my 74 2WD GMC 1/2 ton when I step on the parking brake pedal it won't stay engaged, (sometimes it does, maybe once in 20 tries) the other times as soon as I take my foot off of it the pedal comes back up

when I look under the dash I can see there are little teeth on a black metal bracket that the pedal moves but I can't see what is supposed to drop into them to engage

please advise

78maliburat

10-12-2014 07:27 AM

Re: Parking Brake Won't Ratchet

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregski (Post 6875904)

please help, in my 74 2wd gmc 1/2 ton when i step on the parking brake pedal it won't stay engaged, (sometimes it does, maybe once in 20 tries) the other times as soon as i take my foot off of it the pedal comes back up

when i look under the dash i can see there are little teeth on a black metal bracket that the pedal moves but i can't see what is supposed to drop into them to engage

please advise

wd40 probably full of dirt and crud;)

Gregski

11-15-2014 02:59 AM

Re: Parking Brake Won't Ratchet

thank you, that was it, WD40 did the trick and I was so ready to tear that stuff apart, so glad I listened to your advice it saved me much time

1970Tex

05-17-2025 10:23 AM

Re: Parking Brake Won't Ratchet

I realize this post is quite old, but i just wanted to say thanks, this tip helped me a lot. I was 1 click away from ordering a new assembly!

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