At 08:51 PM 7/3/2010 Saturday, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>When I set the brake, the van won't move (in 1st gear, manual
>transmission).  However, I raised the front end a few days ago.  The
>parking brake was on, but the front wheels spun freely.  Right, or
>wrong?  Van brakes perfectly well, but the parking brake does not
>engage the front.

Parking brake works only on the rear brakes, and without looking at
the setup I'll guess that it probably works only on one of the shoes.

That's been pretty much standard for parking brakes for the last
fifty years.  On vehicles with disk brakes all around it may work differently.

Yours,
d