An interesting parking brake -related experience you might find noteworthy.
I've been driving my 1995 LT-1 for about 3 wks now and loving every minute of it. Only 32,600 miles when I bought it and everything worked great with the exception of the parking brake, which would refuse to catch until after I had pulled it up repeatedly (i.e. 15-20 times). Took the car to my mechanic of 20 yrs; I had visions of an expensive repair but their Vette specialist told me nothing was wrong with the parking brake - it just needed a shot of brake cleaner to clean out the "goop" in the mechanism. He told me that I would need to do this on a fairly regular basis in the winter owing to the nature of the grease Chevrolet used under the plastic shield; it can cause the brake not to "catch." (I'm restating his explanation, which was of course more technical than this.)
The brake worked just great for about a week, with the nice ratchety sound that a parking brake is supposed to make when you pull it up. Then once again it stopped working... same deal, I'd need to pull it repeatedly to get it to catch. Sure enough, a quick shot (1-2 secs) of brake cleaner (into the gap that the handle rides in when you pull it) solved the problem! Ratchety sound is back. The downside of this "fix" is the smell of the brake cleaner... but it's a small price to pay.
Jeff
I've been driving my 1995 LT-1 for about 3 wks now and loving every minute of it. Only 32,600 miles when I bought it and everything worked great with the exception of the parking brake, which would refuse to catch until after I had pulled it up repeatedly (i.e. 15-20 times). Took the car to my mechanic of 20 yrs; I had visions of an expensive repair but their Vette specialist told me nothing was wrong with the parking brake - it just needed a shot of brake cleaner to clean out the "goop" in the mechanism. He told me that I would need to do this on a fairly regular basis in the winter owing to the nature of the grease Chevrolet used under the plastic shield; it can cause the brake not to "catch." (I'm restating his explanation, which was of course more technical than this.)
The brake worked just great for about a week, with the nice ratchety sound that a parking brake is supposed to make when you pull it up. Then once again it stopped working... same deal, I'd need to pull it repeatedly to get it to catch. Sure enough, a quick shot (1-2 secs) of brake cleaner (into the gap that the handle rides in when you pull it) solved the problem! Ratchety sound is back. The downside of this "fix" is the smell of the brake cleaner... but it's a small price to pay.
Jeff
