Date:         Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:33:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: slack in e-brake cable?
Comments: To: Ryan Alfonso <vangina@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <69064fa90802112118v7ec6940dl34c3bc3bcd5e4e3f@mail.gmail.com>
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What year is your Vanagon and how many clicks does it take at the
parking brake handle to set the brakes?

The reason I asked what year is the ratchets on early Vanagons ('80~mid
'85) are different and the clicks are further apart ... therefore fewer
available.  Maybe a better question would be ... does your parking brake
handle have plastic surrounding the part where your hand grips it?  If
so, that would be the newer type.

Mike



Ryan Alfonso wrote:
> Guys -
>
> Have you been under your van when the parking brake is "off".  I'm wondering
> if anyone else has observed "total slack" on the left/right cables, the
> junction bracket, and the rod running to the ebrake handle.  It just kinda
> hangs there on my ride.  Seems it shouldn't be so.  There are springs inside
> the drum that would seem to want to keep this slack under control, true?
> Seriously, it's all loose and hanging there.  Doesn't feel right.  Any
> ideas?  This normal?
>
> -Ryan
>