parking break kits?
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From: boothbay maine
parking break kits?
there is a stainless steel rebuild kit in mid america for like 70bucks is this gonna fix my parking break or do i need more, who else makes kits, whos used the mid america one? right now my parking break clicks, and will hold a little all the way up, the click ajustments in the wheels dont work
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Re: parking break kits? (scorciae)
Sorry - that chuckle was me - just thinking about my VERY FIRST vette repair.
She needed to pass safety inspection - and the Ebrake was frozen.
Long story - but the Ebrake job snowballed into new:
diff cover
rear spring
adj strut rods
new shock mounts
new trailing arms
Stupid question - but since it seems to work a little - did you try tightening
the adjustment at the end of the first cable - where it goes through the
spreader to the second cable (at the Y) ? Like most Ebrake setups, the cable
can be tightened by moving the nuts that hold the 1st cable to the spreader.
ps - I don't recall if I even bought an Ebrake kit (years ago with no digicam).
It should have all you need, besides the cables/pulley/etc that are outside the wheel.
Good luck. adjust 1st buy 2nd :seeya
EDIT - I see the 'kit' doesn't come with shoes - but the old ones should be OK - I think. $60 for a set of shoes !!!
OK - now I remember - the new TA comes with all new brake hardware installed.
[Modified by NHvette, 6:55 PM 1/29/2003]
She needed to pass safety inspection - and the Ebrake was frozen.
Long story - but the Ebrake job snowballed into new:
diff cover
rear spring
adj strut rods
new shock mounts
new trailing arms
Stupid question - but since it seems to work a little - did you try tightening
the adjustment at the end of the first cable - where it goes through the
spreader to the second cable (at the Y) ? Like most Ebrake setups, the cable
can be tightened by moving the nuts that hold the 1st cable to the spreader.
ps - I don't recall if I even bought an Ebrake kit (years ago with no digicam).
It should have all you need, besides the cables/pulley/etc that are outside the wheel.
Good luck. adjust 1st buy 2nd :seeya
EDIT - I see the 'kit' doesn't come with shoes - but the old ones should be OK - I think. $60 for a set of shoes !!!
OK - now I remember - the new TA comes with all new brake hardware installed.
[Modified by NHvette, 6:55 PM 1/29/2003]
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Re: parking break kits? (scorciae)
IF the car still rolls forward with some drag, but won't roll back with the eBrake on, unfortunately that's common. IF you have no eBrake at all, as suggested, try adjusting at the cable Y connector.
Lastly, if necessary, the ebrake kit is not that hard to install. There's a couple of good docs on the CorvetteFAQ.COM site as well as on Zip Products site to walk you through it.
http://rowleycorvette.com/corvette_repair.html
http://zip-corvette.com/techarticles/pb/pb.htm
Lastly, if necessary, the ebrake kit is not that hard to install. There's a couple of good docs on the CorvetteFAQ.COM site as well as on Zip Products site to walk you through it.
http://rowleycorvette.com/corvette_repair.html
http://zip-corvette.com/techarticles/pb/pb.htm
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From: boothbay maine
Re: parking break kits? (78Vette-SA)
thanks for the info, i know the adjusters in the wheel itself dont work, and i am pretty sure the cable is pulled all the way, is the mid america hte best kit? is what i am wondering
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Re: parking break kits? (scorciae)
I don't know if it's the best kit but there is nothing wrong with it. If I recall correctly, that's actually where I got mine from (Stainless). Everything went together fine and works well.
