Brembo cable actuated parking brake.., hmmm...wonder what these cost?? :) Options

[ClayPerrine]

When I said "over time" I mean within an hour. Most line locks are meant to hold a drag racer at the line for a burnout. They aren't meant to be used for more than a few minutes.

Get a real mechanical park brake, or use a brick to chock the wheels.

[andys]

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Feb 3 2005, 06:42 AM)

When I said "over time" I mean within an hour. Most line locks are meant to hold a drag racer at the line for a burnout. They aren't meant to be used for more than a few minutes. Get a real mechanical park brake, or use a brick to chock the wheels.

There is much agreement amongst the kit car and replica builders that line locks' are not safe, legal, or dependable. Basically, no one uses them.

Clay, I looked under my car to get re-acquanted with exactly how things look underneath the swing arm, etc. I see that the parking brake cable anchor (bulkhead) is angled so as to line-up with the caliper lever. With the spot caliper, the anchor would have to be re-located so that the cable would make a straight shot to its' lever. Also, the cable appears to be nearly long enough to extend to the new caliper. How did you re-locate the cable anchor, and about how long was the "adapter rod?"

This whole spot caliper thread I read with great interest, as I was originally going to adapt a complete Carrera rear braking system, including the parking brake drum set up. The spot caliper greatly simplifies the whole cable routing issue, which I always considered a pain to adapt to when compared to the spot.

Andy

[DuckRyder]

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Feb 3 2005, 10:42 AM)

Get a real mechanical park brake, or use a brick to chock the wheels.

Got it.

Running stock calipers with working parking brakes...

[ClayPerrine]

I did not change the angle of the park brake cable mount. All I did was put a rod in that ran from the park brake caliper to the cable. The cable would pull at an angle, but it worked fine.

[joea9146]

Hi Clay Any Update on Getting this Bracket machined ?

[ClayPerrine]

I have not had time to even think about it.

[iiibdsiil]

Well, get your priorities straight! Oh wait, apparently they are. Lol. Seriously though, take your time, we haven't had parking brakes for this long, a little longer isn't gonna hurt. I hate to be rushed, so of course there's not way that I am going to rush someone that is doing a favor.

[Mueller]

I ended up getting a deal on a pair of early 911 trailing arms w/the drum parking brake assembly.....going this route instead, should be easier/more cost effective with less parts to deal with (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif)

[racer3822]

A picture of the Wilwood spot brake install.

I am working of a rear end setup with some similar parts of a 914 and saw this parking brake setup. I am in need of a parking brake and am getting ready to cut out my own parts to make it work when I saw this. Is anyone still using it? I emailed Clay and haven't heard from him, but would love to purchase one of these or get the CNC files to have my local guy make one.

Thanks for any help. Love what you guys are doing on this forum, it's pretty awesome. I can't believe I'm resurrecting a 9 year old thread but this adapter plate is really cool.

[ClayPerrine]

A picture of the Wilwood spot brake install.

I am working of a rear end setup with some similar parts of a 914 and saw this parking brake setup. I am in need of a parking brake and am getting ready to cut out my own parts to make it work when I saw this. Is anyone still using it? I emailed Clay and haven't heard from him, but would love to purchase one of these or get the CNC files to have my local guy make one.

Thanks for any help. Love what you guys are doing on this forum, it's pretty awesome. I can't believe I'm resurrecting a 9 year old thread but this adapter plate is really cool.

That idea was scrapped. We put a set on a car, and if you set the park brake with the rotor hot, it took a hammer to get the park brake to release.

[steuspeed]

That idea was scrapped. We put a set on a car, and if you set the park brake with the rotor hot, it took a hammer to get the park brake to release.

How is this not a problem on the supercar installations?

[MartyYeoman]

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[racer3822]

That idea was scrapped. We put a set on a car, and if you set the park brake with the rotor hot, it took a hammer to get the park brake to release.

I have heard this happen before. I'm not planning on using the emergency brake often, I need it more for legal purposes and as a true "emergency" brake. The car I bought is using a line lock and that's not going to cut it. I need some sort of solution, been researching awhile and found some other solutions that work similar, but none that bolt on to the outside of the caliper and are offset back in like you designed.

Here is one that is promising, but uses the caliper itself for mounting by Kirkwood:

Here is another from LevyRacing that uses the same mount that the caliper mounts to, but I don't want to reweld my trailing arm bracket:

Since you aren't producing these anymore, any chance I can get the G-Code for it? It would make my life easier and I'm not the best with cad.