Parking brake stuck! 94 Jaguar XJS
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Parking brake stuck! 94 Jaguar XJS
I'm a newbie to the forum but I need help getting the parking brake unstuck. The actual lever works fine but it's stuck under the car somehow... My dad just passed the car down to me and I wanna get it fixed before summer ends if possible but no one in our small town of Somerset KY will work on it! Any help is much appreciated!!!
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Andreas Schmieg (01-26-2018)
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Greg in France (01-27-2018)
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Sounds like my corner repair shop. XK8 timing chain replacement - rejected after 1 hour. V12 tune-up - rejected after 1 hour. Replacing the V12 cooling system - took them one week to even dare to touch the car. And then they did a great job.
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I'm a newbie to the forum but I need help getting the parking brake unstuck. The actual lever works fine but it's stuck under the car somehow... My dad just passed the car down to me and I wanna get it fixed before summer ends if possible but no one in our small town of Somerset KY will work on it! Any help is much appreciated!!!
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Hi JagNewbie
It sounds as if the Handbrake Cable has stretched to its fullest extent, which seems to mean that you won't be able to pull
The Handbrake Lever up any higher than it is at the moment
Which you would need to be able to do before you can release it, in the way that 'Greg' described
When the Handbrake Cable starts to stretch to the point at which it its nearing its limit of Travel, that is an indication that the
Handbrake Cable needs adjusting
So that you still have some 'Pull up Travel' (Left in Reserve) which you would need to release it
In the event that this should be the case?
You may need to adjust the Handbrake, which is very easy to do (relatively speaking)
The Adjusting Rod (which is basically just a threaded rod) with a couple of 'lock nuts' is just behind the 'drivers seat' under a
Piece of carpet very close to the sill
The Photos will show you exactly where it is
So when you find it just undo the 'lock nut' and adjust it, so you've got some Tension on the Cable, which 'may' repeat 'may'
Just give you enough upward movement of the Handbrake Lever
To release it, although if not you may have to release it from under the Car
If you can manage to release it one way or another, if you adjust the Handbrake Cable then you may be ok from then on
Unless it has already been fully adjusted, in which case you may then need to get a new Handbrake Cable
Location of Handbrake Adjustment Rod behind the drivers seat very close to the sill where that Spanner is sticking up
Using 2 Spanners (The Same Size) undo the Locknut and then adjust the Rod which adjusts the Cable
Another View of the Adjusting Rod once you get that locknut undone adjusting the Handbrake Cable is a 'Breeze' (ish)
It sounds as if the Handbrake Cable has stretched to its fullest extent, which seems to mean that you won't be able to pull
The Handbrake Lever up any higher than it is at the moment
Which you would need to be able to do before you can release it, in the way that 'Greg' described
When the Handbrake Cable starts to stretch to the point at which it its nearing its limit of Travel, that is an indication that the
Handbrake Cable needs adjusting
So that you still have some 'Pull up Travel' (Left in Reserve) which you would need to release it
In the event that this should be the case?
You may need to adjust the Handbrake, which is very easy to do (relatively speaking)
The Adjusting Rod (which is basically just a threaded rod) with a couple of 'lock nuts' is just behind the 'drivers seat' under a
Piece of carpet very close to the sill
The Photos will show you exactly where it is
So when you find it just undo the 'lock nut' and adjust it, so you've got some Tension on the Cable, which 'may' repeat 'may'
Just give you enough upward movement of the Handbrake Lever
To release it, although if not you may have to release it from under the Car
If you can manage to release it one way or another, if you adjust the Handbrake Cable then you may be ok from then on
Unless it has already been fully adjusted, in which case you may then need to get a new Handbrake Cable
Location of Handbrake Adjustment Rod behind the drivers seat very close to the sill where that Spanner is sticking up
Using 2 Spanners (The Same Size) undo the Locknut and then adjust the Rod which adjusts the Cable
Another View of the Adjusting Rod once you get that locknut undone adjusting the Handbrake Cable is a 'Breeze' (ish)
Last edited by orangeblossom; 01-26-2018 at 08:39 PM.
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