I currently do not have an e brake installed. Previous owner did not put in possibly due to race seats in front? Any advice on remote e brake kits such as e-stopp or others? Any restrictions or best place to install? Thanks in advance for your help.
I am in need of an e-brake as well
I have the cable run to the back but no brackets to attach to the rear calipers
Even would consider a aux system
thanks
Tangerine racing has an easy to use adaptor for adding a 911 e-brake to a 914.
It almost seems as if there could be small disc brakes adapted to CV joints?
I would buy Tangerines kit. There is a thread on how to bolt the 911 shoe brake e-brake assembly to the trailing arm.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=4909
I am not a fan of the metal stop on the shoe brake. The factory welded a heavy plate to the trailing arm for a reason. If you just want a parking brake it’s fine, but picture your self grabbing the emergency brake at speed. The brakes shoes will rip off that metal tab if it’s welded to the thin sheet metal of the e-brake assembly.
Wes (rip) helped me with mine. Here is a link to his thread.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=88772&hl=Brake
The tangerine kit welds the stop plates on the trailing arms.
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I am not a fan of the metal stop on the shoe brake. The factory welded a heavy plate to the trailing arm for a reason. If you just want a parking brake it’s fine, but picture your self grabbing the emergency brake at speed. The brakes shoes will rip off that metal tab if it’s welded to the thin sheet metal of the e-brake assembly.
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ask my how I know,it not only rips the stop off the backing plate the springs and shoe retainers get destroyed @ the same time.
The 911 backing plate isn't heavy enough,Steve is correct 100%...you have a handbrake but not an emergency one if the conversion is done this way.
I intent to re-engineer what the PO did with my setup.....peace of mind from a safety point of view also.
Thanks to all who responded...
RIF
The stop is welded to the arm. Pretty stout plate. With a 1/4 inch of bead on both sides its not going to tear off.
The shoes are mounted inside the rotors drum recess. On the opposite end of the stop are the adjusters. Where is it going to rotate to?
Back in the days of the dinosaurs drum brake shoes were mounted to the backing plate held onto an axle housing by 4 bolts. Shoes were tethered by pins, springs and keepers to the backing plate with similar stop. Oh wait they are still like that on modern cars and trucks.
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Thanks Jeff that's the way I'am going....nice and solid,lots of different ways to skin this cat and mines done rather differently ,wouldn't have been my first chose the Tangerine set up makes more sense to me,having said that what the PO did a good job but didn't think it out 100%.
The rest of the brakes are top notch so having bought a project car I shouldn't complain.
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