I put my car in to get rear brake back plate.

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I put my car in to get rear brake back plate repaired but they did not lock out the hand brake when the took shoes off "rear disc brake with in the hat hasnd brfake shoes" I reset the clock spring according to manual but hand brake will not hold facing up hill it worked ok before work

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ASEMASTER6371

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Take it back for them to adjust the e brake shoes.

Roy

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Sunday, April 7th, 2013 AT 5:07 PM

LIMITED2001

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H/brake problem is very common in this car !

The back plates wears out and the h/brake becomes loose,

maybe the problem is where the end of handbrake cable sits in the back plate, the spot either bends-out or becomes holed, the garage would either do electric welding to form the shape back, or just hammer it back into shape,

electric welding only lasted 1 year when I tried it, better to get replacement from scrap, some scrap dealers wont sell unless you but the whole rear axle.