Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:31:14 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Addendum to question on Parking Brake Cable
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you do have to check for draggy or stuck, or seized parking brake
cables, naturally.
It's worthwhile to eyeball the outer cable housings...
I just saw one the other day that was obvioisly smashedby a rock or
whatever at some point.
it's always better to have both rear wheels off the at the same time.
that way you can turn a tire with your foot, while you pull on each
parking brake cable..
to tell that they are sliding freely and stop the wheel from turning
when you pull hard on the cable .
about the drum being difficult to turn after putting it back on after
adjusting the shoes.
one, tap on the shoes up-down to jiggle them into placebefore putting
the drum on.
if the drum goes on super easily ..
tighten up the adjuster somemore.
when you think it's pretty right, go yank on the parking brake handle a
few times.
this settles the shoes into position a little better.
If drum turns turn realeasily still, tweak up on the adjusters some.
Yank on the parking brake handle to jiggle shoes into place more if you
want.
my main point is..
yanking on the parking brake handle settles the shoes into place where
they belong, nicely.
that way you get a better adjustment on the shoes, closer to the drum,
but not dragging badly.
scott
On 1/13/2013 1:05 PM, neil n wrote:
> Glad it worked out.
>
> My guess is that an e-brake cable seizes or gets sticky more often
> than snapping but that's a somewhat un-educated guess!
>
> Neil.
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Neil,
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts. I think I had a non-problem in that I was only
>> checking one brake at a time. I jacked up the entire rear end and repeated
>> the process of engaging the parking brake one click at a time while spinning
>> the rear wheels. Surprisingly to me, the drivers side actually stopped the
>> wheel one click quicker than the passenger side even though the drivers side
>> cable was looser. It appears the equalizer does its job and "equalizes" the
>> pressure of the two cables.
>>
>> Good to see that I don't have a problem.
>>
>> Harold
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:43 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Since you had the drum (drums?) off, does the brake hardware look the
>>> same on both sides?
>>>
>>> Maybe part of the cable is failing and stretching inside the sheath?
>>> If the cable isn't breaking apart, I can't see it stretching that
>>> much.
>>>
>>> P. 46.11 is your equalizer installed correctly? Going from memory
>>> and the image, it seems the part is angled or is one portion of it is
>>> longer than the other? Maybe installing it 180º "out" would do what
>>> you're seeing?
>>>
>>> Neil.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I forgot to mention that both rear brakes have been adjusted and that if
>>>> I
>>>> adjust the drivers side any tighter, I can not put the drum back on or
>>>> if I
>>>> do get it on, it is to tight to turn.
>>>>
>>>> In checking my rear brakes (1991 Westy), I found that when the parking
>>>> brake is engaged, the passenger side cable engages the brake on that
>>>> side
>>>> much quicker than the one on the driver side. When I look at where the
>>>> emergency brake connects to the pivot bar (?) on the driver side there
>>>> is a
>>>> lot of slack compared to the passenger side. The cable is not broken
>>>> and
>>>> does engage, but it engages after the passenger side cable.
>>>>
>>>> Is this normal or do the cables stretch over time and that I need to
>>>> replace that cable.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Harold
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Harold Teer
>>>> 1991 Westy
>>>> Harrisonburg, VA
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Neil n
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Harold Teer
>> 1991 Westy
>> Harrisonburg, VA
>>
>
>
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