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Trivia Question 13 - Parking Brakes - A Bonus Function ... What Is It?

OK, so your 1963/64 Cadillac has a Park Brake. With the car running, it releases the brake when the car is running and you put it in a Drive or Reverse gear. Cool. That will help prevent driving the car around with the Park Brake engage. This also serves another function. What is it?

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Permalink Reply by Kurt on July 8, 2018 at 10:26am

If the main brake system fails, the parking brake can be used to stop the car.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Edge on July 8, 2018 at 10:42am

Bingo! It can be used as an auxiliary brake system. If the brake did not release in a drive gear it could not be effectively used as a brake as the rear wheels would simply lock up. This is one reason Cadillac advertised their brakes as a triple brake system when the new dual master cylinder systems came out in 1963. It is a very common sense function but based on some of the previous questions I thought some of you might over think it!

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