Hand brake is not staying up

Tiny
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Hand brake is not staying up when parked
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 AT 5:17 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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The pawl in the hand brake is faulty, this is the lever that locks the hand brake up it may be a broken spring is the release button stuck in?

Here are some diagrams to help us get the problem fixed.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/parking-brake-shoe-replacement

Please let us know what happens so it will help others.

Cheers, Ken
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