A different way to hook up 911 e-brakes, Another way to do the 911 parkbrake -merged threads |
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A different way to hook up 911 e-brakes, Another way to do the 911 parkbrake -merged threads |
Wes V |
Oct 4 2008, 07:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 11-October 07 From: Los angeles Member No.: 8,211 |
I think I've come up with a totaly new way to hook up 911 parking brakes. It involves making up longer hybrid cables.
It's not complex, doesn't cost tons, and is about as straight forward as possible. It functions exactly as intended in the 911. Here is a teaser photo; (IMG:http://www.performanceforum.com/wesvann/914a/my-rear-brake/b-mrb1.jpg) Here is a link to my write-up on how I did it (it's a preliminary write-up). hybrid cables Wes (can somebody please find me the photo that I've seen on this site where somebody used a cable end block at the parking brake lever that had set screws) |
smdubovsky |
Oct 10 2008, 04:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 27-September 04 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 2,837 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Heres a pic of an early steel 911 arm. The late aluminum arm is slightly thicker (didn't get a good photo on that one.) FWIW, the bracket is 39-40mm wide on both of them. I got to thinking - the tab is probably thick to account for shoe & rotor wear. The worst case limits are a new shoe on a new rotor (smallest ID) and worn shoes on worn rotors (largest ID). You don't want the lip of the shoe to slip over the block. That would wedge it in and lock the wheel in a big way.
I think there needs to be some sort of return spring. The little lever has a very high ratio. Cable drag could easily cause it to not fully release. |
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