[Shotimes] E-Brake Springs

[David P]

Do the springs on the calipers not provide tension on the cable? They are
trying to pull the cable out of the calipers, no? I didn't think you were
asking about the spring that takes up the slack on the cable. IIRC, there's
a few on the cable itself under the car, and a spring on the pedal, right?
Maybe I'm just "springing" to conclusions here...


David P

95MTX



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Kesselring" <ckesselring@sisna.com>
To: "David P" <jpotter8@bellsouth.net>; "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 18:23
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] E-Brake Springs


> I think you mean the tension spring is NOT on the rear calipers, as
pointed
> out to me by Mark M.  Apparently the spring on the caliper, the PITA
return
> spring, is what I am looking for.  BTW, if anyone else has had a spring
> launch the retaining post into orbit when loosening it (i.e. someone as
> stupid as me), it isn't too hard to fudge a new post with common hardware
> store fasteners.  Thanks for the input on cleaning the cable, David.
>
> - Christian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David P" <jpotter8@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Christian Kesselring" <ckesselring@sisna.com>; "Shotimes"
> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] E-Brake Springs
>
>
> > Christian,
> >
> >     The spring that places tension on the e-brake is on the rear
calipers.
> >
> >     If your cable is sticking, you can try removing the inner cable from
> > it's housing(s), lubricating the housing(s) and cable, and reinserting
the
> > cable.
> >
> >
> > David P
> >
> > 95MTX
> >
> >
> >
> > ~
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christian Kesselring" <ckesselring@sisna.com>
> > To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:05
> > Subject: [Shotimes] E-Brake Springs
> >
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me where I should look for the caliper springs that
> place
> > > tension on the e-brake cable?  Also, does anyone have a link to a
decent
> > > write-up on fixing or replacing sticky e-brake cables?  Thanks in
> > advance...
> > >
> > > Christian Kesselring
> > > '92 SHO 119k
> > > '02 PT Cruiser 9k
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