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cam1101 · 04-24-2007, 09:24 AM

I have a 98 camry le v6. My ebrake, does that apply brakes to all four tires or just the back ones? I am about to get new tires. If i wanted to waste the old ones

couldnt i brake tork it start spinning and immediately apply the ebrake. Wouldnt I just sit there with the front tires spinning?

ghettosled · 04-24-2007, 11:13 AM

the parking brake only applies to the rear brakes. ive done the 'hold the parking brake and spin the front tires before' also, buts it does put a big strain on your trans.

Creeps228 · 04-24-2007, 11:52 AM

i tried that, the front tires jus pukked the car...ma ebrakes are worn out i suppose...can it be replaced?( sorry for the thread jack )

cam1101 · 04-24-2007, 12:50 PM

ghettosled nice camaro. what do you have done to it. I have a 04 mustang gt wit full bolt ons

***Eye8Pussies*** · 04-24-2007, 12:53 PM

Creeps-

yup- with the i4, the parking brake uses the same shoes as the rear brakes (I think), but the cable can be adjusted

as for the v6, the shoes are different from the pads, so they have to be checked and adjusted. in that case as well, the ebrake cable can also be tightened

Creeps228 · 04-24-2007, 03:10 PM

but i believe my car doesnt have rear brakes, well it does but i think the dont work unless you pull the e-brake, because the rear brakes are drums and not discs, adn whenever i brake, the springs in the front compress. So do need to change the rear brakes and front since im not sure when they were lasted changed.

Umm cam1101, you'll be doing a burnout...just making smoke and wasting tires, fun way to loose threads on the tires if your getting new ones...can be a starin on the Trans, since your pumping oil and basically not going anywhere, but its fun...just make sure if you do go and do it, dont do iit for a long time...If you can make a vid.

DarkMastyr · 04-24-2007, 08:20 PM

You have rear brakes. If your e-brake works, then your rear brakes work. Pop off the drum and have someone step on your brakes if you don't believe me. You dive under braking because of weight transfer and soft springs.

Creeps228 · 04-24-2007, 11:10 PM

ok but why would did my car creeped along when i tried to burnout wit my old tires?

touringcamry · 04-25-2007, 12:38 AM

Your rear tires may just have been dragging on the ground.

If you go do burnouts and what not and you have an automatic, the cooling system heats up very quick probably partly due to the transmission fluid heating up, now air flow over the radiator, and maybe some other things.

I'm not sure how sensitive the temp gauge on the dash is, but on my work truck, the gauge displays an actual temperature. The temperature of my coolant increased about 30 deg F in just over a minute of spinning tires with minimal resistance. (Someone with a 4x4 pickup led me in the wrong direction and into some terrain my 2WD truck couldn't drive on and my truck got stuck. I had a class 6 truck that weighed 18000lb when I weighed it 20 min prior to getting stuck. The huge ground pressure made the truck just sink into the ground. It took over an hour to free it without calling out a wrecker.)

Creeps228 · 04-25-2007, 12:48 AM

awww that sucked...but when i tried it, i believe (from what a friend told me) the rear wheels moved along with the car, adn teh front tires didnt spin or anything, slowly moved forward without signs of smoke or anything

touringcamry · 04-25-2007, 01:04 AM

How did your car move if the front tires didn't spin? You have a front wheel drive car.

DarkMastyr · 04-25-2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Creeps228

awww that sucked...but when i tried it, i believe (from what a friend told me) the rear wheels moved along with the car, adn teh front tires didnt spin or anything, slowly moved forward without signs of smoke or anything

What do you mean you "slowly" moved forward? I get the impression that you just held up your e-brake and slowly depressed your gas pedal, which is not how you do a burnout. You're supposed to mash the gas pedal so that you can quickly overcome the static friction that's keeping your tires stuck to the road. Otherwise, I'm not at all surprised that your car had enough power to overcome your rear brakes, especially if they're worn.

Dave's · 04-25-2007, 01:22 AM

^There's a difference between spinning and turning. Not that it's not easy to interchange the two but I'm sure in this case that's what he means.

touringcamry · 04-25-2007, 01:47 AM

He's got rear drums so he has the 2.2L I4.

I wouldn't expect much trying to do a burnout with this engine. If it were a V6, it would be a different story. The torque converter probably soaked most of the power up and his RPMs would be limited to 2500 IIRC if the car didn't move.

If you hold down the brake pedal and mash the gas with the car in drive, the RPMs will not exceed 2500 RPMs - I did it a couple times because I had to make a left turn on to a 65 MPH street in moderate traffic.

Since it crept forward, the rear drums may be out of adjustment or the cable might need to be adjusted.

Creeps228 · 04-25-2007, 10:08 AM

by creepsing forward, i mean as if you were to hold the brakes and floor it at the same time but not having the brakes fully applied...

Ok this is what i did, my friend was outside, i told him to take a pic ass soon as he tires began to smoke...I threw on he ebrakes, but it in drive and floored it. But rear wheels slowly moved as the front wheels moved forward, so basically i was driving with the ebrakes applied while tryign to floor it but didnt do anything. Its hard to explain, i know what a burnout is and how its done on FWD, but fro some reason i didn't accomplish the task so the car slowly moved forward. SO im guessing my rear brakes are worn. I always tried drifting (i was bored at night once with nothing better to do) but noting seemed to happen, but on the ebrakes as i turned and floored the gas but the rear just kept moving with the front as if i was excuting a turn. Are they worn or just need adjustment