Parking Brake feels agricultural

[Pjam27]

Anyone know how to lubricate the Parking brake on a W202 C230?, mine is so loud when releasing it.

 

[television]

Anyone know how to lubricate the Parking brake on a W202 C230?, mine is so loud when releasing it.

Sorry they all are, quite a bang, some folk never use it, or they keep their foot on it to let it up slowly

 

[Ellsy Tanners]

Is it banging when releasing, if it is then i belive there is a rubber stop which fits on the pedal assembley which acts as a bumper for the pedal when released, this could of come off. do you get a metalic clonk when releasing?

 

[Pjam27]

Well no it doesn't sound like metal, my girlfriend has a C180 and hers just feels more worn in and less stiff, maybe mine hasn't been used much but is it not necessary to use it?

 

[Ellsy Tanners]

Opinion will be devided, but i never use mine expect if i am parked on a steep hill. very rarely indeed, ive never had an problems yet.

 

[television]

Opinion will be devided, but i never use mine expect if i am parked on a steep hill. very rarely indeed, ive never had an problems yet.

I think on the last vote we had it was 80% did not use it much

 

[M6AJJ]

Can't remember the last time I used mine, but it does work, when it was in for the last service they put it on, and I tried to drive off not realising, very effective. Made a hell of a clunk when I released it, but it was facing down hill.

 

[whitenemesis]

I always use my Parking brake. The release is well damped, no clunk

 

[FIBAMAN]

They all do clunk to some degree, but I would use it. Better safe than sorry.

 

[television]

We need a poll, do you use your parking brake. never- sometimes- always

 

[Pjam27]

Wow! never really occured to me that you wouldn't use it, drove a 190E for 7 years, of course it had a conventional hand brake, but!

 

[Rory]

Can't remember the last time I used mine, but it does work, when it was in for the last service they put it on, and I tried to drive off not realising,

I did exactly the same! It really threw me for a moment.

 

[Pjam27]

OK, just thought, no I never use mine whilst
driving at junctions etc, just when parked.

 

[wireman]

Not using the parking brake when you should is not really legal, see and read the highway code and all the stuff you need to pass a test these days.

They do tend to clonk or bang or clunk when released, using the brake keeps its cables and linkage loose and reduces the amount of clonk/bang/clunk, holding the brake pedal down as the PB is released also reduces the noises.

I am one of those who says always but maybe its 95% or so, often the lights change just as I apply the PB.

I loath sitting at junctions with a pair of bright lamps telling me that the bloke in front does not bother with the "correct" procedure to help ensure road safety.

 

[Pjam27]

I respect your right to apply the handbrake, at the same time I loath it at traffic lights when people take and age to release the handbrake, select gear, and move off taking often 5-10 seconds of what are sometimes only 30 seconds of light change. But whatever works for each is just fine. Anyway back to the point.

 

[television]

I respect your right to apply the handbrake, at the same time I loath it at traffic lights when people take and age to release the handbrake, select gear, and move off taking often 5-10 seconds of what are sometimes only 30 seconds of light change. But whatever works for each is just fine. Anyway back to the point.

I agree here and do not forget they were looking the other way when the lights changed

 

[Wezzel]

Plus the fact that it is not good to keep putting the car in and out of drive when sitting at the lights for a minute or so at a time.

 

[jberks]

Parking brakes are essential on a manual admittedly but superfluous on an auto. Factor in SBC equipped cars with hold function and you really don't need it at all. I use mine maybe once every couple of months and more to exercise it than anything else.

 

[television]

We could almost have a sticky on this the amount of times it comes around

 

[rf065]

I loath sitting at junctions with a pair of bright lamps telling me that the bloke in front does not bother with the "correct" procedure to help ensure road safety.

I thought that was the correct procedure for an automatic gearbox?
I only use the footbrake when parking up for the night on the driveway.

Russ