E-brake / Caliper problems?

[Brian O']

you should be able to easily move the e-brake lever on
the caliper. just with your fingers, and make sure it
retutns to the fully off possistion by itself.
                                     brian o'
93 90 cs
90 80
89 80 ( for sale )
88 944 turbo s ( for sale )


--- Andrew Sitzer <sitzman at core.binghamton.edu> wrote:
> Hey All,
>   I finally got down to long island to have a look
> at the emergency brake
> on my 86 5ks..  Sure enough, one of the cables was
> snapped.
>   Anyways, I brought it into a trusted (but not all
> too bright) mechanic
> and he believes the reason the ebrake cable snapped
> is because of a bad
> caliper.
>   I replaced the calipers about 18 months ago with
> rebuilts -- so I tend
> to find this hard to believe.  Anyways, I pulled the
> wheel off and could
> not really move the cam/spring that the cable
> activates easily..  However,
> I was afraid to put too much pressure on it.
>   So here is the questions:  1)  How easy is it
> supposed to be to move
> that spring?  2)  He insisted that if I got a new
> cable it would snap also
> -- how true is this? (Or would I just not be able to
> easily engage the
> emergency brake) <Note:  The old cable was VERY
> rusted.. probably the
> original.>
> 
> Thanks!
> -Andrew S.
> 
> 


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