Hi Crash,
Would that be silver solder or tin / lead ?
TIA ,
Mark Hanna
AN5
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ramsey [SMTP:dwramsey@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 10:16 PM
> To: Glen Byrns
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: emergency brake
>
> Glen, I know my name ain't Frank but you sent the message to me anyway,
> so.
> What I did was shorten the cable (not for the faint of heart), heat the
> end
> with a torch till the solder in the end melts and push the fitting futher
> up
> the cable. Then remove the little cone from the end of the cable, cut off
> the amount of cable you want it shorter by and force the cone back in the
> middle of the cable so it is inside the fitting and resolder. Like I said
> not for the faint of heart, but worked for me. The only place you can put
> a
> "slack adjuster" is in the tunnel. The one I had turned and was rubbing
> on
> the driveshaft. , so if you go that way watch out for that.
> Crash
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
> To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 20:34
> Subject: Re: emergency brake
>
>
> >Frank,
> >In this case it is the original e-brake cable. The PO never worked on
> the
> >rear end since he got it 30 years ago, and the cable was old then. I've
> >checked the clevis pins at both ends, the entire mechanism from cable end
> to
> >brake slave lever is as tight as is reasonable. Its just too bloody
> long!
> >Is the cable slack taker-upper a safe fix?
> >
> > Regards, Glen Byrns
> >
> >
> >>Glen wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Even after a complete rebuild of the braking system on my bugeye, the
> >>> emergency brake does not engage until the brake handle is nearly all
> the
> >>> way up. I've adjusted the nut on the long threaded housing end until
> the
> >>> nut only has enough threads to hold. That is, it has all the slack
> >>> taken up. It seems to me that the cable is too long by as much as 1".
> >>
> >>I won't ask where the cable came from but I went thru 2 in 2 years. Must
> >>be Asian metal or something. I have found a couple of NOS cables from
> >>Carlisle and have had no problems.
> >>If you are buying them from 1 of the 2 big suppliers, put a cable slack
> >>taker upper on it. This is all you can do.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Frank Clarici
> >>Toms River, NJ
> >>Too many Sprites (again)
> >>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> >>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
> >>
> >>
> >
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