How to Fix Emergency Brake in Your Car

Emergency brake repair. How to fix emergency brake in your car, DIY with Scotty Kilmer. How to fix broken or stuck emergency brakes on your car. How to adjust e brake in your car. Simple hand tools is all you need to fix a car's emergency brake. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.

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[billstmaxx]

my heart fell when you dropped the caliper and yanking on the flex hose ouch

[chbrules]

I cringed when I saw him let the caliper hang by the rubber brake line.

[wankelFan]

and next time: how to change ripped off brake hoses by hanging calipers on them....

[aselin]

I think it's a riot that so many people are upset by the caliper. Obviously, you know about that, and were in a hurry. I am facing my first brake job, and love the simple approach you take. It keeps me from scaring myself out of working on the car. I haven't been to a mechanic in five years now, and my crappy little Chevy is in great shape, such as it is. Thanks for what you do.

[sebastian-daquanglocknerjr]

I dont like how you leave those calibers hanging

[MiStaUZI]

exactly I love your videos scotty but as soon as I saw you let the calipers just hang by the brake line that just pissed me off and made me realize its hard trust mechanics with job scott

[SW-Video]

I haven't had to deal of that type of drum e-brake. Looks simple enough. I just fixed the hand e-brake on my 99 Mustang the previous owners didn't do a lot of basic maintenance on. In my case all it need was some Blaster penetrating oil to clean up the mechanical working under the console then some Blaster lube for it to start catching the teeth on the rotating piece connected to the e-brake cable. It was basically just dirty and gummed up. Got lucky. Looks like it had been that way for a very long time because there is tons of adjustment left - like new.

[RX]

And then you can drive away to find out that you have no brakes at all, due to a torn brake line caused by a hanging caliper like this one. Then you can check truly check if your emergency brakes actually work. And hopefully manage to stop your car, without causing an accident.

Hate to say it because I gotten great tips From you Scotty, but seeing that caliper hang like that reminded me why I don't trust absolutely anyone to work on my cars. Only way I let someone work in my cars is if there's something majorly wrong and I don't have a clue how to fix it such as engine internals.

[robertramirezmiranda]

I just want to say God bless you Scotty, and thank you so much for your videos are really useful for the

[walkjd]

I love this guy. he encourage us to learn to take care of our own cars. the auto industry needs more guys like this.

[LoudMercury]

Thanks for the video. Its just what I needed. I hope my Isuzu Trooper is the same setup as this Chev.

[ChoglitParis]

Good to know!! I needed this fixed to pass the state inspection

[jstuttgart]

The highlight of my Tuesdays. Thanks Scotty!

[loganjones]

Quick to the point love it none of that bs small talk

[gingersitka]

I'm a fan of your no nonsense approach Scotty, I am a fellow mechanic myself. I am not going to criticize you for dangling the caliper by the line, but for other people out there, the correct procedure is to get a piece of bailing wire, or anything to support the caliper. A common symptom of a broken flexible line to the caliper is the brakes sticking (not releasing) due to the line being broken on the inside from being damaged internally (not visible). Scotty is a professional mechanic, if he did damage someones vehicle on accident, they returned noticing a problem since they brought it to him, he would own up and fix his mistake.

[F]

Love this video... and your enthusiasm... My mechanic is repairing my E break on our RX300 today, its a 2001. Argh... I wish you were doing it.

[DanvonVolksburg]

Great video as always!
In Germany we call it only handbrake.And not so theatrical, emergency brake.
Cheers Dan

[adamtaylor]

Scotty is savage for letting the caliper hang like that lol

[pilotz]

Hey scot will be good idea if u not let the caliper hanging little strap will help and more pro looking thanks. Love ur vids thank you for sharing and taking time to do them really really help full.