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Copyright 2002 Tony Falcetano
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Parking Brake |
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8 Oct 05
I had every
intention of following FFRs instructions on running
the parking cables under the round tube and then to the
brake handle. I even added a rub pad on the tube. That is,
until I connected everything and pulled on the handle --
I did not like the way it felt.
After doing
some checking, I decided to do the pivot mod popular on
the FFCorba forum, thanks to whoever came up with this idea!
I designed a pivot assembly in Pro-E Desktop
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The assembly
consists of several bushings, a pivot arm, cable blocks,
and a trunion block to connect the brake cables.
We also
did the handle modification that keeps the auto-slack adjuster
from taking up the slack in the cables and causing the disk
brake pads to rub. I think this is only necessary on rear
disk brake equipped cars.
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Cut the cable
with a oxy-acy torch, it will melt the ends and keep it
from fraying. The melted ends were touched up with
a sander and a little red shrink wrap tubing covers them.
I wanted
a little adjustability in the cables without having to loosen
the setscrews holding them in the trunion block. The threaded
rod is about 4" long; this should give a little adjustment
once the cables stretch. We placed the swing arm towards
the inside because we moved the rear of the handle towards
the center of the car to clear the seat. All indications
are it should just clear the transmission.
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