When the TG is parked on an incline...

[Skeet7373]

and the parking brake is down, should the trike still roll? I don't think so, but mine does now. I though maybe if it didn't work the squeal in the right brake would go away...not.

[Trent]

Do you have it in neutral or in gear while parked with the parking brake on? I would put it in gear. And, just remove that parking brake, then you will not have to mess with it's noise and adjustments.

[hazy]

The best parking brake I know of - leave the bike in gear and wrap/tie a heavy rubber band/bungie cord (made mine from an old inner tube) around the front brake lever. You won't forget it's there and it doesn't cost much. A leather strap with a shiney buckle would be the high dollar version.

[jimgpayne]

I leave mine in gear and don't use the parking brake. But I expect that's more laziness on my part than any other conscious decision. However, I would expect that if your TG is rolling with the parking brake on, then the parking brake has gone bad.

[Skeet7373]

Yep, with it in neutral and the pb on, it rolls, and of course with it in first, pb on it does not roll and does not roll with the pb off. I thought it was funny..just something else

[427dave]

My parking brake has not worked since about a 1000 miles. I now have 29,000 miles. It is a useless POS. If you want to keep adjusting it all the time you can keep it working, however placing it in 1st gear works better,

[Trent]

My dealer charged me 1 hour shop time to remove the parking brake. It is in a box in the garage. It works really well there and makes no noises and never gets out of adjustment.

[Rod69]

Used to use the parking Brake, but kept forgetting to take it off. Don,t use at all now.
Was on Grandfather Mountain half way up, pulled off into a parking lot. With two Goldwing two wheelers and truck stopped in front of them. Parking lot was so steep neither one had enough leg to hold wings up. Fortunately the wife and girl friend weren't seriously injured.
I tried to get off of the Tri Glide but the parking brake wouldn't hold. First gear wouldn't hold with the parking break. Every time I tried to get off the Trike would move.
I finally had to move and park It diagonally with the wife holding the brake before i could get off and help get the Wings back up.

[delta]

I use a Velcro strap to wrap around the front brake lever and handgrip for these situations.

[screwball]

I took out the set screw on the hand break and replaced it with a thumb screw. Makes adjusting the parking break very easy. Also, because I'm forgetful and have left the parking break on a couple times I bought a mercury switch (tilt switch) at Radio Shack for about 5 bucks and put a light on my dash, just like the parking break light on a car. I live on a nasty hill and have a very steep drive way. If I park it on a the hill in gear, eventually the compression will bleed down and the trike will start moving.

Good Luck

[msocko3]

I use a Velcro strap to wrap around the front brake lever and handgrip for these situations.

One of the 1st things I did was get rid of the parking brake and switch to a strap on the front brake, problem of constantly adjusting the parking brake solved.

[Rick Kay]

After reading about all the parking brake issues, I never had one installed on my conversion. I've had no issues with the trike moving...I leave it in gear with a velcro strap on the front brake lever. It seems to me that the parking brake is just another part which will fail...why tempt fate?

[wimoonshiner]

I second the opinion that Trent made! I took our PB off and it's one of the best things I ever did! I mean after all, my previous two wheeled bikes didn't have a PB, and what did I do......left it in gear!!! Besides, after removing the PB, I don't get any more questions like " Is that an umbrella?" or " What is that right there by the fender?"

[trikermutha]

yea if you do keep it you will have to readjust it all the time..its not the best setup..
Once pads wear down the parking brake adjustment changes..

when it does work its great once the pads wear they are useless..

Leaving it in gear is the way to goo..been doing it for years..

I even put on a wheel lock extra security for me..

[azbob09]

How complicated is it to remove the parking brake?
Is there anything to watch out for or be careful of when removing it?

[msocko3]

How complicated is it to remove the parking brake?
Is there anything to watch out for or be careful of when removing it?

Just remove the cables and the handle along with its mount, don't remove any hardware from the brake caliper. Its a pretty straight forward job, the cables are the only PIA to remove from where they attach to the caliper.

[Skeet7373]

Haven't decided if I'll have it fixed or not.

[hdruss]

The parking brake has been an annual problem for me. Every Spring I've had to have it repaired and/or adjusted. If I forget and drive of with it engaged it goes out of adjustment and I'm back to the Dealer. It never has worked right - couldn't they have designed something better???

[Skeet7373]

Alot of the owners have said when the PB was disengaged, the brakes stopped squealing. I guess I'll just go and get me some of those wheel chocks and carry around..

[Oldmsocko]

Alot of the owners have said when the PB was disengaged, the brakes stopped squealing. I guess I'll just go and get me some of those wheel chocks and carry around..

What I do is leave it in gear and I carry a velcro strap and engage the front brake a wrap the velcro strap around it to keep it engaged.