<VV> 63 rear brake/parking brake questions

[corvairduval at cox.net]

On the cable, if it is OK otherwise than the clips, use a #4 or #6 hose
clamp to hold it in place. The same size you use to remove the cable from
the backing plate. If the clamp slides off, ot will still be retained by
the cable, so it will not fall into the shoes and start to grind.

I have also noted interferrence between the parking brake lever and the
hold down pin while installing brakes shoes, but it seems to go away when
the shoes are centered and working.

Proper parking brake adjustment is first adjust the service brakes star
wheel. The, tighten (or loosen) the nut on the center parking brake cable
until the parking brake hand lever moves 7 or so clicks to set the brake.
If the hand lever comes all the way up and just barely holds, that is too
loose!

Frank DuVal 



Original email:
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From: Ramon Rodriguez III corvairgrymm at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:19:33 -0400
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> 63 rear brake/parking brake questions


I've had problems with noise from the rear brakes on the 63 coupe and I'm
trying to make sure everything is right this time before putting the drums
on.

I did check both the shop manual and the tech guide but I wasn't able to
find any drawings or pictures that made me confident that all is well.

The first thing I've noticed is that the parking brake arm is actually
blocking the hole that the retainer pin goes through on the rear shoe.  As
it is I will have to manually move the parking brake arm out of the way to
be able to put the retainer pin in place.  Obviously it is difficult to
tell if the shoes are properly in place without the retainer pins in, but
it looks as though the parking brake arm is going to be resting up against
the locator pin when driving the car.  Is this normal, or if it is not,
does this mean the cable is out of adjustment?

The other question is probably a dumb one.  I have a replacement parking
brake cable (the rear part that goes to the brakes themselves) that I was
installing to replace the very rusty one but those fingered spring clips
are broken.  They are both loose on the cable and one is missing one
finger.  This is a really good cable otherwise, is there any fix for this
or do I have to find another replacement cable?

Thanks everyone,

Ray Rodriguez III
Certifiable Vair Nut
Lake Ariel, PA

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