What happens when you try and mate a Red 355 with a Yellow 355?

Ouch, but thankfully the damage appears to be minimal.

 

Did someone forget to set the paeking brake?

 

Did someone forget to read the first post?

Love ya Ernie.

 

D'OH!

Yes someone did.

I was so busy looking a the pics I didn't event bother.

 

how does the parking brake slip?

 

The parking brake can slip because it wasn't adjusted properly in th first place. You can pull the handled all the way up, hear the clicks, and let the handle down thinking it's set. But internally the brake shoes aren't putting enough pressure, or any pressure at all, on the inside of the brake drum (actually the inner part of the rear rotor for the parking brake).

 

I recently read in Forza I think that one of the main weak points of the 355 is the parking brake design. Not a reliable design and it requires way too much fiddling and adjustment to even work minimally.

 

Is there a DIY/simple fix for this? It happened to me once, but thankfully I caught it in time and no damage.

 

I use wheel chocks along with the parking brake if I have the car idling and even on a slight incline. Sometime on a steep incline even though I have it in gear and parking brake set, I also use the wheel chocks. The parking brake is adjusted better now than before, but I still don't trust it.

Once I was talking with my neighbor while the car was idling in my driveway and the parking brake slipped and the car slowly rolled backwards. I caught it in time...

 

Is this known to happen usually when the car is on and idling?

 

Kind of, because most people leave it in gear when they shut it off so it stays put if the e-brake works or not. When they leave it idling it's out of gear and reliant on only the parking brake to keep it in place. So obviously things are most likely to happen when the car is unattended and out of gear. I don't know if at that point idling or off would matter.

 

The cars isn't in gear when idling in neutral, so more of a chance for the parking brake to slip. Don't know if idling motor vibration can help along the slippage... anything is possible.

 

Numerous threads on adjustment. Not that hard either.

Once set up right, I think it is one of the most secure e-brake systems around. Full drum brakes in the rear. Pretty nice stuff.

Mine did not work at all when I got it. A few hours later I had them all set. They have worked fine for the past three years...and my driveway has a 5 degree incline.

EDIT...found some links:
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/technical-q/62780-how-adjust-handbrake-f355.html#post138350231

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/348-355/228907-quick-ebrake-hints.html#post138350228

 

That's when mine slipped, while idling.

 

Awesome, thanks!!