Inspection - Parking/Transmission Brake

Ok, so a while back when I first bought the jeep (about 10 months ago) I bought a transmission brake. Since then I have been working on the jeep trying to get it up and ready. Today I went down to the Mass. State inspection and failed on less things that I thought I would! With Mass. being the way it is! One of the things was the e-brake. He said it has to hold at 1200 rpm. When I put the t-brake on, I was very careful to check the condition of the seals and put some sealant on there ... 9 months later it's leaking... although not much, and just enough that if you give it a little gas the brake wont hold. (I just assume because it's a 40 year old jeep, it will leak).. My question is this ... if the pads have oil on them, can I soak them in brake fluid over night .... or will that not get all the oil out? Otherwise I could buy new pads ... The bigger question though, is will my t-brake be strong enough to hold the jeep at 1200 rpm even without oil on the pads? I upgraded to 11" brakes and I might be able to fabricate some e-brake system on that (although I think I ordered the one's without the e-brake stuff because I assumed I had the t-brake) ... thanks guys...

 

When my e-brakes start getting where they don't want to hold to well, I usually take it down the road, pull up a little on the e-brake handle and let the friction burn off the oil. You will smell the oil burning off the shoes and when it cools down the brakes usually work fine, If they don't, I repeat it till they hold again. I have to do it once, some times twice a year.

 

so you guys think it's worth trying to salvage the t-brake ...?? I had looked into trying to instal a rear brake system on my 11" ... but I would need to drill a hole through the backing plate (the company I bought them from welded them up) and buy all the supporting hardware ... it looks like the t-brake shoes aren't that much ($30) ...

 

yea I would
now that you know what the parameters of the test are.
you might get away with just adjusting it tighter for the test so it will hold, regardless of the leak.
unless he dinged you for the oil leak as well.

 

thanks guys ... yeah, I might just try to pass it for the test ... see how that works ... I'll just adjust the brake ... REALLY tight that day!