Well Tom I have a 5 speed and you NEED to use the parking brake (not everyone has an automatic trans).

Plus the pereodic use of the parking brake on an automatic with rear drum brakes will adjust the tensioner (we don't have to worry about that with our HUMMERs.

 

yeah, i wasnt promoting non use, just relating my "training"!
the self adjuster i forgot,,,they didnt work much either and id crawl under and wiggle that wheel and it made a big difference.
btw,parking in reverse works pretty good xcept on a real hill huh?
anyway in flatland its just one less thing to mess with,like shifting!. i got lazy and spoiled by autos. couldnt find stick shift stuff for the 460!

 

The lab money on amphetamines is great..... where do you get this PC11? Any hardware store?

 

Never had this happen, guess i'm just not pulling hard enough yet.

 

You should be able to get it at most hardware stores
Two small blue cans (catalyst/resin) full cure in 24hrs.
Even sets up under water.
Old rule of thumb with epoxies, the longer the cure time, the stronger the hold.

The H3 manual states you should push down on the e-brake pedal and then pull the e-brake handle. I guess it saves wear in the parts. Also prevents that clunk noise of release
The reason I had to use epoxy, was the plastic tabs were broken and there was nothing
the handle would grab or snap back onto.

Good luck

 

After a day of getting muddy or heavy rains and road grime I find my e-brake cables are crudded up and it makes releasing the e-brake difficult. I lube the cable and all goes back to normal. A crudded up e-brake cable was why I pulled the release handle off in the first place- just trying to pull harder to get it to release.

 

Shocked! new owner 08' Alpha, same thing pulled right off in my hand today and then fell under the pedals.. Such a strong vehicle and such a poor design for this! Very disappointing, looks like the epoxy may be the way to go unless the handle needs to be off for the dash panel removal..

 

You should be able to grab the end of the e-brake cable with some regular pliers and hold the cable out far enough with some vise grip pliers to epoxy the now broken plastic handle back on to the now exposed cable end. The vise grips work perfectly in holding the wire rod out. Epoxy set up over night, in garage, removed vise grip pliers in the morning and I'm back in action
Mine has held up fine since the repair.
If you look at the plastic handle you can see it was only held on by to small detents.
I surprised it lasted as long as it did before the repair
Good luck

 

Thanks for the feedback, I know its a small item when you think about it, but for the money paid for the vehicle it sure makes you question quality.

 

Amen !