2004 Chevy truck E-Brake

[ZapMan]

Fishing Devils Lake this past weekend and backed down to unload boat, set e brake and it went to floor. nothing there, worked day before. Had to lift up for brake light to go off. It just hangs there loose. Feels like unhooked from lever. What do I look for? Does anybody have a pix of where the cable hooks to the lever?

Thanks for your time.

2004 Chevy Silerado 2500, 4 door 4x4

[ZapMan]

Checked under dash, cable not broke. It moves through floor and moves cable under truck. However, it does not hold truck or return to "up" position when released. I'll pull back wheel to see what's going on. What to look for?

[Jeremy airjer W]

Are you sure a cable didn't break towards the rear of the truck?

[ZapMan]

I can see where it splits to 2 cables and that looks fine. Can't see any damage from there back to wheel. Where is the return spring located?

[Jeremy airjer W]

Watch the cables while a helper pushes on the pedal. If t cables move than I bet you "kicked" the E brake shoes behind one of the rotors.

[ZapMan]

Took off rear tire, bolts will not budge to get rotor off. Lots of pounding, heat and spray. Nothing. Will take it in in the AM to my mechanic.

[caseymcq]

I had the same thing happen with my '04 Sierra. The pad was totally shot, nothing left. Had that replaced and now works like new again.

[ZapMan]

Mechanic told me this year of truck is usually bad, he told me mine was the worst. He had 6 hrs into it. It's all new now and works good!

[Jeremy airjer W]

Must have replaced backing plates?

[ZapMan]

No he did not replace those. Just getting calipers off and the bracket off to pull the rotors was the problem. It was so rusted they had to be heated to get apart. One bolt head even broke off leaving a whole new set of problems. The inside foot pedal for the e-brake would not return (sprung), so that was replaced as well along with a broke cable underneath.

[BartmanMN]

worked on mine last night. One of the Ebrake shoes was toast, but that side had a stuck cable. Other side was good, but replaced it anyways since they come in a set of two. Tested it afterwards and it wasn't getting enough pressure to prevent the tire from spinning. I ordered the left and right rear cables today, hopefully that gets everything working again.

[Macgyver55]

When it come to emergency brakes, use them always....or dont use them at all....its the non-frequent use that will get you.

[Scott K]

Always/Never

+1

[caseymcq]

When it come to emergency brakes, use them always....or dont use them at all....its the non-frequent use that will get you.

And not right after you've been on a slushy lake in January