[Spridgets] E brake settings

robertduquette at sympatico.ca robertduquette at sympatico.ca
Tue Mar 17 06:03:58 MST 2009


I wouldn't have guessed that side effect either.  I would have been more
concerned about cable stretch.



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> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:54:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] E brake settings
> From: tequila.brad at gmail.com
> To: robertduquette at sympatico.ca
> CC: spridgets at autox.team.net; midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com
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> For only $20 to have them turned, and have everything new throughout, it was
worth the piece of mind.
> I just didn't know about the long term effects of letting the E brake be
under tension.
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> Brad
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> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:49 AM,> wrote:
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> If it's set correctly, it shouldn't click. ;)
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> Now, when you're 'setting it', that's a different question! :)
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> Push your project ahead until the wheels do a quarter rotation; set the
e-brake again; and ignore the project for the same amount of time. It might
just work out! :) Ah, too late ... you paid to have them turned!
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> Robert O'Duquette
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> ( My brother would have been 47 today. )
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>> I can't seem to recall, what is the average number of clicks you should
have
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>> on your E brake when you have it set correctly?
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>> Also, the guy that turned my brake drums mentioned that they were out of
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>> round. He says it is from letting the car sit with the E Brake on for a
year
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>> or better.
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>> Something to think about, for those that have their projects sitting.
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>> Brad
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> --
> DON JULIO 1942


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