[Shotimes] Re: cables

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

I just had them replaced earlier this year.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




"Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote on 09/08/2004 03:49:54 PM:

> I would only do that after replacing both e-brake cables. Sticky cables 
are
> very common, especially in the Great White North.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
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> On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:31 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: cables
> 
> 
> Well, the passenger rear is staerting to drag all the time now.  But
> neither one of them releases fully after releasing the parking brake.
> You can watch them with the wheels removed; the lever never springs
> back.  I need to check the slider pins too, but after replacing them
> with brand new ones, fully greased, they still wouldn't release.  I
> don't use it anymore unless I absolutely have to.  I'm starting to 
suspect
> Mark Mallory's theory: bent caliper brackets.  He claimed he had
> the same problem, only cured after replacing the brackets with new
> ones.  We'll see.
> 
> 
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
> 
> -'95 White MTX
>    '96 Brake Upgrade
> 
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 09/08/2004 12:55:28 PM:
> 
> > If the release problem is only after using the e-brake, that has 
nothing 
> to
> > do with the rubber brake lines. If the lines are swelled up, they will 

> drag
> > virtually all the time.....after using the brake pedal and not the 
> e-brake.
> > 
> > FWIW, my LR caliper didn't start hanging up until after the rubber 
lines
> > were replaced.......really no connection between the two (I suspect my 

> LR
> > e-brake cable).
> > 
> > Ron Porter
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of John Stout
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:50 AM
> > To: Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: cables
> > 
> > 
> > Mike, check your hoses, they will swell shut and not let the fluid 
> release,
> > been there done that, hope this helps
> > 
> > Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:It might not be the cables. Neither of my
> > calipers release after using
> > the parking brake. I had the cables replaced, but it didn't help. I'm
> > just about ready to replace the rubber hoses and put in the bias plugs
> > and do a full bleed if I can ever find the time. And this is after
> > replacing both calipers with quality parts from NAPA. One of them
> > twice, by the way.
> > 
> > 
> > Mike Wojton
> > Toledo, Ohio
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