<VV> Has anyone ever repaired an e-brake cable ?

[Charles Lee]

The cable DID fail, hanging on now by a very thing, one-strand thread.

I'd prefer to buy a few $'s worth of cable locally to replace the "middle" 
(even everything aft of the first 9" off the handle), than to pay $40 and 
wait a week for a new one,  since it seems feasible to replace with generic 
cable.

Besides being cheap (and non-stock), is there a problem with this scenario ?
I don't want to miss some problem that would be created with this quick-fix' 
!


Thanks
Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
Cc: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Has anyone ever repaired an e-brake cable ?


In my experience, adjusting the cable is a one time deal.  If the emergency 
brake doesn't work correctly, it's almost always an issue with the 
adjustment on the rear shoes, or the cable is starting to fail.

--Bryan

On Aug 1, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Charles Lee wrote:

> Seems like the hard part is removing the cable and installing it.
> Building a new "middle" part of the old cable seems easy enough, with no
> downside - could even put a piece up there under the dash for adjusting 
> more
> easily than going underneath to do that later ?