bad yj parking break?

[Greencuke]

1067151

my orgional parking brake was shot, so i sent it to the dealer (it was on recal anwayway) and i had them re-due it. That break was a piece of crap and for whatever reason broke after about 2 weeks. so i sent it back in and had em replace it again. When i first got it back, the brake cable was real tight, (like the first second one) and i could bairly push it down much. after a while it streched out and not its just like the first one. i have to crank it down to the floor to get it to hold, and on a steep incline, its no good. Its like i could have never bothered w/ the reacal and have as much break ability as before. Is this something just to be expected w/ yj parking breaks or am i getting the royal dealer-up-the-wazoo? has anyone else experenced this?
reggie[addsig]

 

[Jeepr89]

1067152

Take it to someone who knows about brakes and ask them to check if your back brakes are out of adjustment. My friend just bought a 93' YJ and his e-brake was not working up to par, so he brought it into the service station I work at and are brake guy looked at it and said that the back brakes were out of adjustment. Hope that helps Evan[addsig]

 

[tarsij]

1067154

Yeah, your rear brakes could be out of alignment. On my onld escort the parking brake never worked and it turned out to be that the brakes were out of alignment. I just got my parking brake replaced by the dealer on tuesday. They replaced the pedal assembly, and the 3 cables from it. Did your dealer replace the cables? if not that might be it also.


TARSI[addsig]

 

[Jeff_C]

1067161

I took my 90 YJ in a couple months ago and they replaced the parking brake assembly I was having trouble getting my parking brake adjusted so I had them look at my rear brakes while I had it there. They noticed the self adjusting assembly on my passenger rear had the wrong type on it and replaced that also. I cant remember what they charged me, so it must not have been much. Parking brake works good now.[addsig]