<VV> Parking brake adjustment?

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There is a single cable that runs from the right hand rear brake to the  
left hand rear brake. It crosses over just ahead of the transmission. the 
single  cable from the front of the car,, after going through a pair of pulleys, 
heads  straight to the rear. Where that forward cable crosses the 
side-to-side cable  there is a U-shaped "equalizer" bracket that mounts on the 
side-to side cable  and is pulled forward toward the front of the car to engage 
both parking brakes  (equally). That is where the adjusting nut (or nuts) 
lives. If you shorten  the effective length of the front cable, by turning the 
nut toward the front of  the car,  you are pre-loading the side to side 
cable.  
 
 
In a message dated 6/25/2017 12:54:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

My  parking brake lever takes a lot of travel to engage the brake. I would
like  to adjust it. What/where is the 'forward check nut on the equalizer'?
>From  the service manual:

"PARKING BRAKE The service brake must be properly  adjusted first as a base
for the parking brake adjustment. Adjustment 1.  Jack up both rear wheels.
2. Pull parking brake lever up 4 notches from  fully released position. 3.
Loosen the forward check nut on the equalizer  and tighten the rear one
until a heavy drag is felt when rear wheels are  rotated. 4. Tighten check
nuts securely. 5. Fully release parking brake and  rotate rear wheels; no
drag should be  present"
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