Emergency brake cables.

[Bernie Benz]

Replaced mine without removing or cutting the exhaust. A real PITA!

Bernie

On Oct 24, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Tony Hoffman wrote:

> You can't remove it through the console, it has to be reached from  
> under the
> car. You will have to drop the exhaust. You can cut a section out,  
> then use
> the factory style Audi clamps if it's close to 2 1/8" I use them  
> for my 2
> 1/4 as well. The proportioning valve is for different loads,  
> meaning if you
> load the car down it gives a higher rear bias.
>
> I'd try spraying the adjsuter with PB blaster first, and see if it  
> will free
> up that way. Let it soak for a while, as in spray it every couple  
> of hours
> and sit for maybe a day or two.
>
> HTH,
> Tony
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Jay Kempf <jkempf at madriver.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> OK, I am under the car looking at the emergency brake at the front  
>> end.
>> Talk
>> about an inconvenient place to do anything. My middle muffler was  
>> cut out
>> and replaced with stainless pipe so the exhaust is one piece front  
>> to back,
>> no easy way to take it apart and I would have to remove a cross  
>> member.
>>
>> The balance belcrank that holds the two front ends of the cables,  
>> the bolt,
>> and the nut are all really rusty but the mechanism still moves.
>>
>> Anyone BTDT? I can only sort of reach things in there. If I have  
>> to adjust
>> that thing it is going to have to come out and get cleaned and  
>> prepped
>> meaning that I probably have to do it through the center console  
>> to get the
>> rod out. If I did that I guess I could just get the parts out on  
>> the bench
>> and either clean and restore or get new.
>>
>> Things at the back are pretty rusty. Would love to have the time,  
>> money,
>> energy to take everything apart and completely restore it but that  
>> isn't in
>> the cards right now.
>>
>> Need to find someone parting out a calif car so I can get some  
>> clean parts
>> I
>> guess. Looks like the rear height proportioning valve is frozen  
>> and some of
>> the lines back there I wouldn't want to disturb. One way to fix is  
>> to just
>> get a couple lines and a female/female adapter and bypass all that  
>> stuff.
>> Car has ABS so I can't imagine what good that stuff does if you  
>> know how to
>> drive. I have higher rear bias in all my other cars and I like  
>> them better
>> that way.
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