Emergency brake [was Re: Roll problem]

[Probe Dude]

This isn't supposed to happen however.
As another poster said, the emergency/parking brake is mechanically actuated
- it doesn't require hydraulic pressure to press the pads against the
rotors. (this is why you have to rotate your rear caliper pistons in when
you put in new brake pads).

However, the distance that the ebrake can extend the pads is limited, so if
your pads are for some reason quite far from the rotor, or the piston is
completely siezed, then that caliper will not exert any or enough pressure
on the pad to the rotor.

My guess is that someone is messing with you.  Do you leave your car locked
at school?  Anyone else have a key?

>fluid pressure, I could not stop by using the pedal unless I pumped it up.
>However, once most
>of the fluid was gone not even the ebrake worked.  Luckily I was in my