e brake problems

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lowblocks
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Ok so the other day i wash my car when it was very cold. Then i let the car sit over night. When i came out that morning and i release the e brake it went down but the brakes didn't let go. I drove the car all the way to the shop like that when i got there the mechanic said the malfunctioning come from the brakes being low. he charges me 50 dollars to change the brakes and that's a beat in the head but i had no choice. After he finished the brakes worked fine. When i get back to my house the brakes got stuck again i was like wtf. Then i went back again the mechanic tells me he has to adjust the e brake Handel then the brakes starts to work again. So again I'm off and i go to auto zone down the block and i come out and the sh** is doing it again. Then i go back to the shop this time the boss looks at the car and tell me the cable is stretch out but that makes no sense to me. Because it shouldn't have any e brake if the wire has play in it. That's kind of backwards to me can some one tell whats the deal is this true or should i get a second opinion.

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Retype that with caps and periods...

lowblocks
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I'm sorry about that i was on the phone when i wrote that

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HAHA...no kidding. You are a texting fool man. I'm one of those one or two word at the most people.

Just wicked hard to read without caps and periods I think I almost had a seizure earlier

Slack in the cable would mean no Ebrake...you're right there. Driving with that dude on a couple of times is a bad thing though. Are the brakes still strongly engaged when you let the handle down? Can the cable being getting stuck UNDER the car? Perhaps the drum chingus is not releasing.

WD


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