Hello Everyone

 

I have a 1985 subaru wagon, 5 speed manual transmission. After my 1990 Legacy was stolen, my boyfriend obtained this car from his sister, who had parked it in her driveway 2 years before. So, we had a lot of work done to get it running, new master cylinder, brakes, new gaskets, new tires and on and on. It was running fine for about 2 months. I noticed that the brake was getting a bit sticky.. and then suddenly, the right front brake locked up, on the Freeway. I went through the brake pads and rotors getting it to a mechanic, that was January 7th. It's still there. So far, new master cylinder, new rotors, new pads. The mechanic and his team have worked on it and can not keep the hill holder from locking up. They have bled the lines, replaced so many things that it seems that the money put into this car since Sept (2,500) has rightfully earned it the name "NO LIMIT!". The hill holder will not release once the brakes are tapped. Any hints? any hope?

This doesn't help you fix it sorry, but can't it just be dis-connected?

Depending on the area i would just remove the hill holder system and put a custom brake system in! my 2 cents...

the hill holder is too tight. the cable adjusts at the clutch fork, its the lower nut that faces the back, you can turn it by hand

 

dont let the mechanics replace everything before looking at this first

Sounds like they already did replace everything.

 

Just disconnect the hill holder cable from the clutch fork.

 

-Brian

Hi,

I had same problem. The adjustment was so precise at the fork, even a full turn (just one) gave sticking/no function of hill holder. I finally loosened clutch cable to very loose, this allowed for more adjustment flaws(there is alot of play pushing in clutch before it disengages). Even then, fall to spring did something different to whole setup, and may just say to heck with hillholder anyway. (I "burn rubber" taking off from a hill in spring/summer, works great all winter):-\

Hijack in progess:eek:

 

My rear left brake shoes are wearing out a lot quicker than the others, as in they are scraping for the second time in just under 2 months.

 

Is this hill holder related?

my rallyX RX had the same problem. I removed and gutted the hill holder and all is well.