Where are the shoes in a parking brake?
When you press the parking brakes, you are activating the shoes in the rear rotors which are in the inner part of the rotors of the ML. Even though you see a caliper and disk for your normal brakes, there are shoes in the back (inside part) of the rotor for the emergency brakes.
How do you know if you need to replace emergency brake shoes?
The M-Class is equipped with emergency (parking brake shoes) on the rear wheels. How do you know if you need to replace them? You press the parking brake and it is too easy to press or the parking brake doesn’t keep the car in place when parked on a hill. Even if you never use the parking brakes your can still have issues with the system.
Where are the emergency brake shoes in the ML?
Parking brake does not release. Parking brake warning light is on. When you press the parking brakes, you are activating the shoes in the rear rotors which are in the inner part of the rotors of the ML. Even though you see a caliper and disk for your normal brakes, there are shoes in the back (inside part) of the rotor for the emergency brakes.
How much does it cost to replace parking brake shoes?
Replacing the rear shoes in the ML is a job that you can tackle yourself. Your biggest challenge will be the springs and clips that hold the shoes in place, there is many of them and they will be rusted. We would strongly recommend that you get a new kit for under $20 see here and replace them.
When you press the parking brakes, you are activating the shoes in the rear rotors which are in the inner part of the rotors of the ML. Even though you see a caliper and disk for your normal brakes, there are shoes in the back (inside part) of the rotor for the emergency brakes.
The M-Class is equipped with emergency (parking brake shoes) on the rear wheels. How do you know if you need to replace them? You press the parking brake and it is too easy to press or the parking brake doesn’t keep the car in place when parked on a hill. Even if you never use the parking brakes your can still have issues with the system.
Parking brake does not release. Parking brake warning light is on. When you press the parking brakes, you are activating the shoes in the rear rotors which are in the inner part of the rotors of the ML. Even though you see a caliper and disk for your normal brakes, there are shoes in the back (inside part) of the rotor for the emergency brakes.
How do you replace a parking brake release handle?
REPLACE: If you are going to replace the handle then you do need to pull it out of the slot / channel that it goes into. You remove it by pulling on the black part of the cable first then you pull down on the cable. If you need to change the handle then you will need to remove the cable from the parking brake release handle.