E-brake / Caliper problems?

[Andrew Sitzer]

Hey Kneale -- Thanks for the reply.. I got the calipers from Clearway
foreign Auto in long island.. I am actually upset with them because when
they sold it to me they told me it had a lifetime waranty.. and now they
are saying all their rebuilt parts have always had a 1yr warranty only.


I dont think I did a complete 'flush', but I did bleed it until i saw only
'new' clear brake fluid...

-Andrew


 On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Kneale Brownson wrote:

> A really rusty cable could snap.
>
> You should be able to manipulate the e-brake activator arm against the
> spring with thumb pressure, and the spring should push it right back to
> rest position.  Where did your remanned calipers come from?  I've read
> where some rebuilders will just clean up the piston and cylinder and
> replace the rubber boots without ever getting into the e-brake's inner
> workings.
>
> Did you completely flush your brake fluid when you put on the rebuilt
> calipers?  Have you flushed it in the last year and a half?
>
>
>
>
> At 05:55 PM 10/15/2001 -0400, Andrew Sitzer 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.
>