<VV> Parking Brake Cable - Trust but verify ?

[Charles Lee]

No, I did not know I could not re-use the nuts until I was under the car and 
removed the old cable (why jack up the car today and leave it up waiting for 
the parts to come 4 days later ?

I R & R'd the cable in one job, not two.

The two LM cables are the same except for strength and I opted for the 
stronger one which apparently uses different threads, which the clerk did 
not ask, although she was looking at my order when I asked what thread to 
get.

I am accumulating "small stuff" (I now have 6 nuts that I didn't have 
yesterday, for a total of $1 and 2 hours travel interrupting the job), but 
how do you know what you need.

Remember, I am the one who put himself at the mercy of car mechanics over 
the last few years, and am only now getting back to where I should have 
been, with a bunch of spare parts and the knowledge to use them.

I am rebuilding both by learning DIY it the only way to go, but even that is 
a treacherous path when suppliers cheese out on a couple of nuts that, as 
you say, we can put in our spare parts jars if we do not need them.

Good PR, and I would do that, and lose the 18 cents ?  OK.

And yes, if I had even considered that they would mislead me, I should have 
verified their specs, with a simple ruler and eyeball it, but it never 
occurred to me not to trust their spec - she was looking at my order when 
she told me !

Yes, "trust, but verify" and I was wrong to trust, and especially not to 
verify ...

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "Frank Ness" <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>; "VirtualVairs" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?


> Charles, Please don't question Clarks Corvair Parts devotion or commitment 
> to Corvairs just because you feel the nuts should be included. They are 
> listed on the same page as the cables. You just didn't order them though 
> it sounds like you knew yours would not be reusable. The 3 cables listed 
> do not include the FC's (only 3 listed for cars). I also have a lot of 
> extra fasteners around as it is ALWAYS the small stuff that holds up jobs. 
> You may consider accumulating a "grab bag" of stuff if you are intending 
> to drive a Corvair. I also have a thread pitch gauge in my tap+die set 
> that will occasionally get used but we can pretty much look at a nut or 
> bolt and immediately determine how many threads per inch it has. I guess 
> that is experience. And has been asked on this never ending post by others 
> while trying to help you with a fairly simple repair job, what part number 
> did you order? What number did you get? I'm sorry I do not have the 
> measurements you ask for of the different c
> able lengths.
> Timothy Shortle in DC (Durango Colorado)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Frank Ness <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Sep 16, 2010 7:55 AM
>>To: VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
>>
>>
>>
>>--- On Thu, 9/16/10, Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProper.com> wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>I just never expected that they wouldn't be part of the cable, so I didn't 
>>look, and the phone clerk never even tried to sell them, which I think 
>>they should at least mention them ?
>>
>>Charles,
>>
>>I keep a supply of fasteners in my garage. So why would I want to pay for 
>>the nuts if I have them. When you run a business it's not just the price 
>>of the item. You said the nuts only cost $.18 each, what was your cost to 
>>go and get them? It cost $$ for the person to pull the parts, bag them and 
>>put them in with your order. That is why a part you have want from a 
>>salvage yard seems like it is over priced, well they had to pay someone to 
>>take it off and bring it to the counter.
>>
>>As far as the gal giving you the wrong size for the nut... With all the 
>>work you have done on your cars, I find it a little hard to feel bad that 
>>you had to go back twice.
>>
>>I do want to thank you for taking the time to post the pictures and 
>>diagrams. You are doing a nice job on it. The pictures are much clearer 
>>than in any of the manuals.
>>
>>Good luck with the car.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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