[Shotimes] Re: cables

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

Ah ha ha...ah ha ha...ha...ahem...


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 07:41:59 PM:

> "Great White North"
> 
> Must be like, cheap break lines, eh? They got hosed.
> 
> Shylo (last name says it all) McKinsey
> 
> '91 White MTX
> 
> --- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > 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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