Hi Mathew My 1984 Westy's E-brake adjustment required a lot of turns to get it to bite, I estimate 20 full turns or so. There is a lot of threading to the adjustment bolt, so I assume it is normal that it it would develop a lot of slack from wear to pads and cable stretch. I'd just bring up any slack in the cable and back it off a little if necessary. Rusty threads may mimick thightness, so take that into consideration when making the adjustments. Hope this helps JGS
----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: Tightening E-Brake
> Throw me a bone here. I have tightened the yoke thingee under the bus a > few times but never seem to make a huge difference. Is there more to > it? Last summer i was camping in Glacier National Park and my bus was > parked on a very slight incline and started to roll back. Lucky for me > there was my muddy hiking boot under the bus behind the front passangers' > tire to stop it before i got to the brake. > > Cheers > Matthew, from the backwoods cabin in Northern Idaho... > 84 > > > Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu > University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu > |
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