oilburner Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Hey Guys! I have joined the forum today and glad that I hav a huge fraternity here! So I thought, why not clear some basic concepts from well experienced fraternity. I wanted to know how the parking brakes work in a car and are they affected when someone tows your car when they are switched on? Which tyres are they fitted on (rear tyres, or front tyres)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sstar Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Parking brakes are fitted on the rear. When you pull the parking brake, it cloughs your car's rear wheels. They do work and they should work while car is getting towed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilburner Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Thanks Star! But in the event of a police truck towing away our hand brake active parked vehicles will mess with the brake setting!! The police should be sued for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anandblitz Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Yes agreed, but who will take the initiative of going ahead and take some action against the cops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerospeedcars Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Parking brakes are basically installed at the rear. It consist of a small brake cylinder(a small U-Shaped cyl.) which allows to hold the back wheels while applying P-Brakes. Also it is not advisable to use parking brakes during rainy season for a long period. If cops tows your car, surely the break pressure will be weekened and it will not be effective from the next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sham Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Beginning to wonder about this, in the first place. In this forum we not only advocate safety but also common sense. A cop will only tow a vehicle if its parked where it should not... (I guess that should speak for itself...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerospeedcars Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Sham@ Theres a chance for towing a vehicle at various situations. So think accordingly and i just answered to one of those situation. Better provide an answer if you could ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandit561 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hi oilburner , New variation is electric parking brake.... there are two variants in that, first one is traditional cable pulling type, in this electric motor pulls the emergency brake cable rather than a mechanical handle in the cabin. second one is bit complicated to explain it uses two computer-controlled motors attached to the rear brake calipers to activate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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