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1. emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:52:47 -0800
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 housi
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00819.html (7,148 bytes)

2. Re: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:43:10 +1100charset="iso-8859-1"
Well the cable does stretch, but here are a few other things to check a) brake adjuster (on the inside of the backjing plate. Screw in (with the e brake off) until the wheel doesn't turn freely then
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00825.html (8,052 bytes)

3. Re: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:36:19 -0500
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 the
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00857.html (7,966 bytes)

4. Re: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:33:28 -0800 (PST)
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 mec
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00868.html (8,304 bytes)

5. Re: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:37:48 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
Sounds like you are having the same problem I did. Solved with a new hand brake cable, the existing one must have stretched. BTW, watch where you get this item, cheap repros abound. I got mine from A
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00870.html (7,922 bytes)

6. Re: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:55:38 -0800 (PST)
I guess the correct question to ask now is: What is the length of a new English make handbrake cable from center of one cable 'eye' to the center of the other? If mine is significantly longer, then I
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00872.html (7,283 bytes)

7. Re: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:15:58 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
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 a
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00875.html (9,472 bytes)

8. RE: emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:37:56 -0700
Hi Crash, Would that be silver solder or tin / lead ? TIA , Mark Hanna AN5
/html/spridgets/2000-01/msg00915.html (10,341 bytes)


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