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Old 07-07-2022, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 52merc
You need to push the pedal down as far as is goes with reasonable force. If all you are doing is moving the pedal enough to unseat the switch, then your parking brakes are not really applied.

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To set the parking brake, press the parking brake pedal down to its fullest extent. The
brake warning lamp in the instrument cluster will illuminate and remains illuminated until the parking brake is released.

To release the parking brake, press the parking brake pedal down again.
Looks like he figured out (since he reworded his post).... but in case not.... in my 2016 I have to do as stated by merc. The pedal will remain near the floor.... to release the parking brake, press the pedal again (it should move about an inch), releasing the pawl teeth and the pedal will return to the up position.
Old 07-07-2022, 10:30 PM
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Y o u r t r u c k does not have electric rear brakes.
That is why you have a manual brake action pedal.
Take a look, you will not see any motor housings attached to the rear hardware.
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If the EPB works in a manner similar to manual parking brakes integrated into calipers, it adjusts to take up slack as the pads and rotors wear. When you put it into maintenance mode it may retract the mechanism inside the caliper completely so the piston can be fully seated to make room for replacements pads and rotor. I don't know if that's how it works, but it's a good reason to spend almost no time putting them into maintenance mode.

I mean, really. I spend more time than that farting each day.
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Originally Posted by Flamingtaco
If the EPB works in a manner similar to manual parking brakes integrated into calipers, it adjusts to take up slack as the pads and rotors wear. When you put it into maintenance mode it may retract the mechanism inside the caliper completely so the piston can be fully seated to make room for replacements pads and rotor. I don't know if that's how it works, but it's a good reason to spend almost no time putting them into maintenance mode.

I mean, really. I spend more time than that farting each day.
That is exactly what happened when I put mine in maintenance mode to replace the rear brakes last month. You can hear the EPB fully retract when you enter maintenance mode and then they adjust back out when you exit maintenance mode.
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I'd rather do that than spend the 10-15 minutes it takes to spin the piston back in on a manual integrated parking brake caliper. I'm glad my F150 has the hat parking brake.
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OK Gentlemen, HOW do you place it in "maintenance" mode? I would like to do my brakes this weekend.
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Originally Posted by 7-UP BILL
OK Gentlemen, HOW do you place it in "maintenance" mode? I would like to do my brakes this weekend.
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