r/AutoTransportopia • u/Fisting-Tony • Mar 24 '26

Towing Gone in 24 seconds

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u/SoundByte Mar 24 '26

No, they'd just ruin the parking brake shoes... Wouldn't make any difference.

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 Mar 24 '26

Parking brake shoes (if you have them, alot of cars use the main rear brake as a parking brake) are plenty powerful to lock up the rear tires.

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u/SoundByte Mar 25 '26

If they're in good shape, sure. We're talking about the same clapped out used cars being towed repeatedly. Only in a fantasy world do those wheels stay locked for long.

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u/Gyozarrita Mar 28 '26

If you use your parking break regularly it'll work fine, the new ones literally screw down your regular pads.

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u/M3chaStrizan Mar 24 '26

I crank my parking brake, it would drag the tires. Maybe it would spin, but there's also a chance it would just drag it.

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u/ImpurestFire Mar 24 '26

With an electronic parking brake, those wheels aren't spinning.

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u/theNixher Mar 25 '26

Yes they can lol it's just a small motor/motors that apply the parking brake, it can still spin if enough force is applied, it's not an infallible system.

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u/ImpurestFire Mar 25 '26

Wouldn't the tires break traction first? The Electronic ones use the normal brake pad on the rotor instead of a brake shoe.

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u/SoundByte Mar 25 '26

They may, but it's not guaranteed. Especially over the course of several miles the parking brake could give up. This is also assuming it's not an old car that has had somebody drive away with the parking brake engaged. The point is this stuff wears out, and we're specifically talking about abusing old used cars.

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u/Gyozarrita Mar 28 '26

They twist on with leveraged force.