911 e-brake for 914, Looks like it works Options

[Luke M]

The one thing that kept me from going to big brakes on the rear of the 914 was the e-brake. I was looking around and found this set up. It looks like it works good. Is this some one from here? Check out the link.

http://phoenixhobbies.com/html/911_e-brakes.html

[andys]

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Jan 3 2006, 03:29 PM)

I think his 'additional small plate' helps resolve this. All 911's had dual spreaders AFAIK. They fall off easily so... that may be what you saw (or didn't see). Also, 74 and later 911 control arms have that recess for the cable. They're cast aluminum so they simply molded it into the design. Older 911's have a tab (that's why I reposition the cable mount on mine, others say it's not needed). This tab/recess is used with nuts on the cable to adjust the brake, as mentioned the cable sheath is an intricate part on a 911 cable.

Eric,

Since I'm having real trouble visualizing this, I'll have to look again at my '89 Carrera parking brakes/cables and trailing arms. I went with the Wilwood spot caliper for a parking brake because I thought it too difficult to make a clean adaption.......Hope I didn't miss the obvious, and put more work into something I didn't need. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

BTW, I'd be a little nervous about using the thin formed sheet metal backing plate to mount the anti-rotation tab to. Looks a bit flimsey to me.

Cheers,

Andys