The cables themselves rarely fail, but the sheath or outer jacket does. The sheath will rust or collapse changing the effective length or causing the cable to bind making the brakes drag. The front cable runs at an angle so the splitter bar does not sit straight. Depending on year, there is a left right side. Syncros also use different left/right cables. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Wright Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 11:17 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Brake cables uneven/stretched? I've found the parking brake cables on my '82 are uneven in length - one side is about 1.5" longer than the other, so the splitter bar is at a sharp angle. This caused one cable to slip out of the notch - it was this way when I bought the van. Is it normal for them to stretch or somehow get out of whack like this? Or do I need to just get new cable(s)? Thanks.Shawn Wright http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright '85 Jetta TD (retired) '85 Jetta D '88 Westy 2.1L '82 Diesel Westy |
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