E-brake installation
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Racer
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From: Eastern Ohio
E-brake installation
Good morning Gents!
When I found her... all the calipers where off sitting on the front seat, master cylinder is who knows where! Come to find out, they must have been wanting to move her, but the e-brakes were locked up! (good for me, they may have moved and sold her!) anyhow, I cut the line with no luck, had to remove the hub and my son took off the old e-brake shoes and then she was free..... Now heres the hard part, HOW THE HECK DOES IT GO BACK TOGETHER!? lol
I bought all new stainless brake system... got the front all ready to go... came to the back, and I got the shoes on, the retaining sping and clips... but I can't seem to get the arm that the e-brake cable connects to to work right... When you pull on the arm, only the back shoe comes out, what makes the front shoe come out? I looked at it closely.... not sure what would push it out...
Thanks for the help,
When I found her... all the calipers where off sitting on the front seat, master cylinder is who knows where! Come to find out, they must have been wanting to move her, but the e-brakes were locked up! (good for me, they may have moved and sold her!) anyhow, I cut the line with no luck, had to remove the hub and my son took off the old e-brake shoes and then she was free..... Now heres the hard part, HOW THE HECK DOES IT GO BACK TOGETHER!? lol
I bought all new stainless brake system... got the front all ready to go... came to the back, and I got the shoes on, the retaining sping and clips... but I can't seem to get the arm that the e-brake cable connects to to work right... When you pull on the arm, only the back shoe comes out, what makes the front shoe come out? I looked at it closely.... not sure what would push it out...
Thanks for the help,
Pro
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Just did mine a few weeks ago and saw the same thing.
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Melting Slicks
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Doing the job with this tool is hard,..doing without is almost impossible:
http://www.zip-products.com/Zip/prod...D15B62D58B5DC7
You can probably find a similar tool at your local parts counter.
Good luck!
Wes
http://www.zip-products.com/Zip/prod...D15B62D58B5DC7
You can probably find a similar tool at your local parts counter.
Good luck!
Wes
Last edited by 73, Dark Blue 454; Mar 29, 2007 at 11:51 PM.
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From: Foxfield CO 1970 Convertible
Basically, after installation and adjustment, there isn't nearly all the slop and movement that you see when you are just playing around with the parts to see how they work.
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Racer
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From: Eastern Ohio
Once again, you gentleman came through!
I did assemble the way the pics show, looked right, but your right, a lot of slop at this point and I can see by holding the rear, the front comes forward.
Thanks for all the help!
I did assemble the way the pics show, looked right, but your right, a lot of slop at this point and I can see by holding the rear, the front comes forward.
Thanks for all the help!
Melting Slicks
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From: Salisbury Maryland
I'm doing this job tomorrow! Thanks for the link with the tips(silicone on the pins, and dental floss on the shoe springs?). I never would have thought of that stuff, but after taking it apart, I can see the advantage and the shortcut.
You guys rock!
You guys rock!
Race Director
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From: Foxfield CO 1970 Convertible
Another thought - you titled this thread E-brake. I'm guessing E for emergency brake. They are really "Parking" brakes. They will stop the car from rolling while parked, but if you're rolling along, don't count on them in an emergency. Even the manual calls them parking brakes...
Melting Slicks
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Not as difficult as is stated in the article!
I did use both the dental floss and the silicone tip, probably saved me 2 hours!
One other tip, I took a broken tipped (smaller)screwdriver and filed a "V" into it for my spring tool. MAN! That made getting those springs on MUCH easier. The adjustment was kind of easy too. The only thing that bothered me was the adjustment "sprocket" rubs against the bottom spring. I'm sure it's right, it's the only way it can go on. Looks like it holds it in place also.
Now I trying to diagnose the squeeking noises as I deccelerate. (See my recent post if you can help)
I did use both the dental floss and the silicone tip, probably saved me 2 hours!
One other tip, I took a broken tipped (smaller)screwdriver and filed a "V" into it for my spring tool. MAN! That made getting those springs on MUCH easier. The adjustment was kind of easy too. The only thing that bothered me was the adjustment "sprocket" rubs against the bottom spring. I'm sure it's right, it's the only way it can go on. Looks like it holds it in place also.
Now I trying to diagnose the squeeking noises as I deccelerate. (See my recent post if you can help)