<VV> Parking Brake Cable question - work inside the car ?
Charles Lee
Chaz at ProperProper.com
Wed Sep 15 22:58:18 EDT 2010
PS:
No, it's easier to work inside the car - seats removed, plenty of room, and
nosy neighbors can't see me inside the car (except my feet sometimes)
because I have to put it up on stands to work underneath.
Most problems have many solutions - the trick is to find a solution that
doesn't cause even more problems !
Thanks,
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>; "Daniel Monasterio"
<dmonasterio at hotmail.com>; "VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
> It wouldn't. But it will be easier to install if you finish the job under
> the car than trying to finish it under the dash. And I believe you are
> getting pretty good at this job.Did you compare the lengths of the 2
> cables? I know the original had broke but you still ought to be able to
> compare the 2 lengths. As always, wishing you good luck.
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
>>Sent: Sep 15, 2010 8:10 PM
>>To: Daniel Monasterio <dmonasterio at hotmail.com>, VirtualVairs
>><virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
>>
>>Just curious, but how would that change the length ?
>>
>>~Cz
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Daniel Monasterio
>> To: Charles Lee ; VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:01 PM
>> Subject: RE: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
>>
>>
>> Think you are working backwards. You should start at the ball end,
>> first.
>>
>> Daniel Monasterio
>>
>> > From: Chaz at ProperProper.com
>> > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:42:17 -0700
>> > Subject: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
>> >
>> > Is the park brake different for EM and LM ?
>> >
>> > If so, is one shorter, and what other visible difference is there ?
>> >
>> > Problem : I just installed Clark's cable, and reached into the bag for
>> the
>> > adjustment nuts ? Aarrgghh....
>> >
>> > I guess they figured we'd re-use the old ones ? OK, but the old ones
>> are
>> > rusted tight to the old cable and I can't get them off, so I'll just
>> get
>> > some new ones, right ?
>> >
>> > To be certain that I got the right ones before walking a mile each
>> way, I
>> > called Clark's to get the right size :
>> > The girl says "5/16 24" so I hike over to the hardware store to get
>> the two
>> > (2) 18 cent 5/16 24 nuts that Clark's does not include (why not ?).
>> >
>> > So rethread the cable and wrestle with the 5/16 24's a while but no
>> go, so I
>> > rip the cable back out and take it with me this time (those pulleys
>> under
>> > the dash are NOT fun !)
>> >
>> > So I try a few more 5/16 24, but they're not 5/16 ***24*** !
>> > They're 5/16 ***18***.
>> >
>> > OK, so back home and thread the needle again, - I'm getting pretty
>> good at
>> > this, the third time.
>> >
>> > Now, the ball doesn't reach the handle under the dash, so I go down
>> under
>> > and extend the nuts all the way to the end of the adjustment part on
>> the
>> > tail end to get a few more inches.
>> >
>> > Still the ball end does not reach.
>> >
>> > Have I been short changed ?
>> > Do I have an EM park brake cable ?
>> >
>> > Or, am I missing something (again) ?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for your support !
>> > Charlie
>> >
>> >
>> >
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