Does anyone have a source for the spring on the hill holder mechanism? The one on mine rotted off today, leaving me stranded in a parking lot with the brakes locked up. I disabled the mechanism by disconnecting the cable and learned that a replacement spring is NA from the dealer. It comes with a whole new unit for $194.00!
Thanks,
My local dealer gave me a used one off one of their parts cars to use as a model. I found a spring at Ace Hardware. It had smaller diameter wire and smaller diameter coils and had to be cut and formed to proper length, but has similar hand felt tension.
I may just leave the hill holder disabled. Getting stuck like that in the parking lot spoiled an otherwise nice day.
It happened to me once too. I've zip tied the arm in the open position, till I get an appropriate spring.
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