Do our ebrakes control the rear calipers? or a separate crappy drum?

[toopercentmlk]

i cant figure this out. if they do control something other than the rear calipers then how does it work and how do i replace the pad or whatever it needs.? thanks

[jetmech3421]

The e brake consists of a set of drum brake pads that expand against the inside of the hat section of the rear rotors when you pull up on the e brake handle.

The pads can be replaced or adjusted independent of the rear disk brake pads.

[CRYPTiC]

The parking brakes are inside the rear brake rotors.

http://www.bimmerdiy.com/diy/e36brakesystem

[norcalbmw]

crappy drum

[paullfisher]

Awesome write-up!!!! I was going to look at my brakes tonight!

[toopercentmlk]

cool, i like finding out things about my car like that. is there such thing as performance ebrake pads? haha. id get them