Parking brake not releasing.

[UnEasyRider]

I have like 22 hours on my 3302 and the last few times out when I went to release the parking brake it wouldn't release. Any ideas anyone???

 

[NorthwoodsLife]

Call your dealer.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

I have a little different 3301 so no first hand experience with your model but have you tried pressing the 2 brake pedals to release latch pressure?

 

[UnEasyRider]

I have a little different 3301 so no first hand experience with your model but have you tried pressing the 2 brake pedals to release latch pressure?

Yes. Dealer told me this morning to stomp on the pedals for release. We will see how that goes…lol

 

[GeoHorn]

If yours is like mine….. you set the brake by stepping on the brake and raising a lever.

That lever operates a “ratchet”….a multi-toothed edge which holds the pedal in the depressed position.

The lever cannot be easily lowered because the pedal-to-ratched surfaces are engaged with those teeth.…. A greater effort depressing the brake pedal than when setting the brake… is required to release that locking-lever.

Yes… STOMP on the pedal. (and it will Help if you pull up on the lever as you step on the pedal to relieve that engagement-force….. pressing down on the pedal and HOLDing the pedal down…while pulling up on the lever and then releasing the lever…. will probably be successful.

It’s a “technique”…. more than a procedure.

 

[UnEasyRider]

If yours is like mine….. you set the brake by stepping on the brake and raising a lever.

That lever operates a “ratchet”….a multi-toothed edge which holds the pedal in the depressed position.

The lever cannot be easily lowered because the pedal-to-ratched surfaces are engaged with those teeth.…. A greater effort depressing the brake pedal than when setting the brake… is required to release that locking-lever.

Yes… STOMP on the pedal. (and it will Help if you pull up on the lever as you step on the pedal to relieve that engagement-force….. pressing down on the pedal and HOLDing the pedal down…while pulling up on the lever and then releasing the lever…. will probably be successful.

It’s a “technique”…. more than a procedure.

Thank you…will be trying that one.

 

[GrizBota]

lol. The stomp method was what we used on the old 8N as well. 75 years later and it’s still the same. Actually, I suspect firm pressure applied to the brakes while the brake pedals are locked and pushing on the release lever will work fine as well.