Parking Brake Debrief: Your Rear Brakes Are There for a Reason

Your parking brake isn't just there for parking - and your rear brakes aren't supposed to sit around looking pretty.

In today's Parking Brake Debrief, Motormouth takes another run at the subject because sometimes we're listening to the words but we're not actually hearing the message.

The parking brake needs to work, and it needs to be used. More importantly, the rear brakes need to be serviced so they can actually do their share of the braking.

When the rear brakes aren't working properly, the front brakes end up carrying far more of the load than they were designed to handle. That means increased front -brake wear, more heat, overheated rotors, brake pulsation and, ultimately, more money coming out of your pocket.

And here's the part that gets misunderstood: servicing the rear brakes doesn't automatically mean doing another brake job.

Sometimes it means taking the calipers off, removing and cleaning the slide pins, cleaning and lubricating the hardware, removing the pads, cleaning the pad saddles and putting everything back together so the brakes can actually move feely and do their job.

Skippy got a perfect real-world reaction when she explained this to her brother- in- law: "You're listening, but you're not hearing." Once he understood what was actually involved, his response was simple: "Oh, I didn't know that's what you meant."

That's exactly why we're doing this debrief.

We're talking about the Why, the how and the dollars and cents behind keeping the entire braking system working properly-not waiting until something is worn out, overheated or broken.

Your brakes are a system. Making every part of that system earn its keep.

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