If you have suspension on the rear axle then you'll need to have some slack in
the cable or else it will be pulling the rear brake on everytime you go over a
bump. And if you have slack in the cable then you need to have the outer
housing retained at both ends.
With the arrangement of the stock handbrake location, it's not possible to
give either side a 'straight' shot, anyway. I used a Lokar E-brake cable set
that included a very tidy cable retainer for the handbrake end as well as a
nice 2-to-1 coupler. I had to shorten the coupler to fit between the cable
entry and the handbrake location, and space the handbrake inwards about 3/8"
from the stock location, but other than that it worked perfectly.
Theo
From: CoolVT@aol.com [mailto:CoolVT@aol.com]
Sent: January 11, 2011 10:13 AM
To: Smit, Theo; wsamouce@kc.rr.com; tigers@autox.team.net; Carmods@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Mazda brake comvertion
Theo,
Bike brake cables normally have loops in them. Pulling on the hand brake
without a sheathing on the cable would just screw up the loop rather than
working the brake. It would seem that if the emergency brake cable in a car
had a perfectly straight shot that it would act like a solid rod and could
work without a sheathing?? But every emergency brake I've seen has a
sheathing so there has to be some reason for it.
Mark
In a message dated 1/11/2011 11:39:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Theo.Smit@dynastream.com writes:
Hi Duke,
You need both ends of the sheath attached to the caliper body and the
handbrake mounting, respectively. If you want to see what it's like to not
have it that way, get out to your bike and undo one of the brake cable outer
housings - either at the lever or at the brake, and then see if it still
works.
Cheers,
Theo
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> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of wsamouce@kc.rr.com
> Sent: January 11, 2011 8:53 AM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net; Carmods@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Mazda brake comvertion
>
> Hey John,
>
> I see what you are saying but I don't think it will be an issue for
> parking. Take a look that the caliper mount, the large steel rod
> inserts into the caliper body. I think it can take the force of the
> parking brake. The cable is quite flexible and in its stock setup was
> bent 90 degrees, I am not sure how much resistance to caliper movement
> it offers mounted on both ends.
>
> Duke
> B382002037
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