Enlightenment needed on parking brake cable adjustment Options

[burlybryan]

I've read some past threads, but for the life of me I can't understand how to make the cable longer. One of my cables was seized, so I replaced both with the 914Rubber kit. Once installed, they're both quite short of reaching the caliper arm. I understand how the adjustment nuts make the sheath section longer or shorter, but what good does that do? The cable is a fixed length, right? Adjusting the sheath longer only makes it bend and deform because the brake end is locked into the stay on the suspension. I don't see what the point is of adjusting the sheath. How do you make a fixed length cable longer so it can reach the caliper arm?

I'd appreciate any assistance.

Thanks!

Bryan

[burlybryan]

EDIT - naturally as soon as I post in frustration I decided to look at the clip in the cabin that the cables attach to. It was biased to the passenger side, so I had overadjusted that side. Loosening the passenger side and levering the clip gave me the slack I needed for the drivers side. Yay.



Hey all. I'm still having trouble with the new 914Rubber parking brake cables. Thanks to Pete's comments I was able to get the passenger side installed and adjusted, but can't get the drivers side. I've backed the adjustment nuts all the way out on the outer sheath and its fully seated in both the firewall sleeve and the brake bracket. I've even adjusted the venting clearance out of spec on the caliper just to try to get a millimeter more of wiggle room.

I can get it close enough to slip a 4mm allen into the cable end and the caliper arm, but that makes it so tight that the hub won't turn.

What can I be missing?