Cables frozen and not releasing completely Parking brake not adjusted properly and dragging Service brakes not adjusted properly not allowing parking brake to release
The expression, "It's nothing to shake a stick at" means it is important.
The emergency brake is mechanical not electrical. There is no fuse for the emergency brake. It is most likely that the brake cable leading to the rear brakes is stuck. This is quite common in vehicles with automatic transmissions because the e-brake (parking brake) is not used very often. As a result the cables get rusty and stick. It is also possible that the cable needs to be adjusted.
"Shake a stick at" is an idiom meaning "to form a conception of (as by counting or imagining)". So, "more than you can shake a stick at" means "more than you can count/imagine".
In Stick RPG 2 DJ asks you to get him pizza and shake at about 4-5pm.
They often stick, with emergency brake OFF, vehicle jacked and blocked, hold a small block of 2x4 against inside rim of drum, hit it with a heavy hammer, rotate drum and keep hitting on opposite sides.
I'm assuming your 1996 Sport is like my 1995 Explorer XLT and has disc brakes front and rear that take brake pads . On the inside of the rear brake rotors is a small set of emergency / parking brake shoes . I know this because I had an emergency brake shoe stick on and was causing a vibration and the wheel to get hot so I had the e-brake shoes changed on both sides and everything re-lubricated etc.
You snap it. And sometimes you have to shake it too.
They often stick, with emergency brake OFF, vehicle jacked and blocked, hold a small block of 2x4 against inside rim of drum, hit it with a heavy hammer, rotate drum and keep hitting on opposite sides.
They often stick, with emergency brake OFF, vehicle jacked and blocked, hold a small block of 2x4 against inside rim of drum, hit it with a heavy hammer, rotate drum and keep hitting on opposite sides.
They often stick, with emergency brake OFF, vehicle jacked and blocked, hold a small block of 2x4 against inside rim of drum, hit it with a heavy hammer, rotate drum and keep hitting on opposite sides.
Enough to shake a stick at
According to the Oxford English Dictionary this phrase first appeared in an issue of the Lancaster Journal of Pennsylvania dated 5 August 1818: "We have in Lancaster as many Taverns as you can shake a stick at". Modern use of this phrase is often -- "more xxxx than you can shake a stick at", meaning an abundance, plenty. The meaning is not clear of the phrase is not clear.