<VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?

[Charles Lee]

Just curious, but how would that change the length ?

~Cz
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Monasterio 
  To: Charles Lee ; VirtualVairs 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:01 PM
  Subject: RE: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?


  Think you are working backwards. You should start at the ball end, first.

  Daniel Monasterio

  > From: Chaz at ProperProper.com
  > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
  > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:42:17 -0700
  > Subject: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
  > 
  > Is the park brake different for EM and LM ?
  > 
  > If so, is one shorter, and what other visible difference is there ?
  > 
  > Problem : I just installed Clark's cable, and reached into the bag for the 
  > adjustment nuts ? Aarrgghh....
  > 
  > I guess they figured we'd re-use the old ones ? OK, but the old ones are 
  > rusted tight to the old cable and I can't get them off, so I'll just get 
  > some new ones, right ?
  > 
  > To be certain that I got the right ones before walking a mile each way, I 
  > called Clark's to get the right size :
  > The girl says "5/16 24" so I hike over to the hardware store to get the two 
  > (2) 18 cent 5/16 24 nuts that Clark's does not include (why not ?).
  > 
  > So rethread the cable and wrestle with the 5/16 24's a while but no go, so I 
  > rip the cable back out and take it with me this time (those pulleys under 
  > the dash are NOT fun !)
  > 
  > So I try a few more 5/16 24, but they're not 5/16 ***24*** !
  > They're 5/16 ***18***.
  > 
  > OK, so back home and thread the needle again, - I'm getting pretty good at 
  > this, the third time.
  > 
  > Now, the ball doesn't reach the handle under the dash, so I go down under 
  > and extend the nuts all the way to the end of the adjustment part on the 
  > tail end to get a few more inches.
  > 
  > Still the ball end does not reach.
  > 
  > Have I been short changed ?
  > Do I have an EM park brake cable ?
  > 
  > Or, am I missing something (again) ?
  > 
  > Thanks in advance for your support !
  > Charlie
  > 
  > 
  > 
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