aqn said:
AndyH said:
Parking brakes are on the back.
I've had four cars with 4-wheel disk brakes and a mechanical parking brake. None of them had a drum brake of any type.
I've owned only watercooled VWs going back to 1983 and it is indeed true that none of them use a drum brake arrangement as their emergency brake. However, my VWs and your four VWs is not a good sample size.
BMW 5 series have a drum brake on the rear as their emergency/parking brake. Google for "bmw e39 parking brake".
Looks like you found an exception - congrats.
My sample, though unspoken, includes various Vdubs, Saturn SL1, Matrix/Vibe, RX7, Miata...all have cable operated parking brake similar to the diagram I posted. Euro vehicles I've seen with electric parking brakes are also similar - the cable is replaced with an electric actuator. I expect the 5series is an exception to the majority...