Originally Posted by
goldey
It seems the common response when you need to release the handbrake manual release is that you need a completely new brake actuator at $2k plus. I had to pull the release the other day when ours locked on after putting up with the occasional screech noise. Watching a youtube video I now understand the mechanism by which it unlatches and the only way to relatch it is to remove the unit, open it up and relatch it and install the unit back in (with new, frshly adjusted shoes). As long as there are no plastic gear fragments left floating in the actuator unit I assume I'd be good to go? Worse case scenario I suppose is I go through all that pain and find the actuator is stuffed and I need a new one [bigsad].
