parking brake threaded rod on 90q20v

[Huw Powell]

> >     While you're at it you may want to consider putting a new nyloc nut (or
> > two ) on the rod.
> That's basically what I did before.  When I was removing the old nut,
> part of the threaded rod snapped off (with nut) and by using 2 nuts I
> was able to get it to work.  As I mentioned, with the new pads, I can't
> seem to get the cables to have enough slack to replace the nuts (yes, I
> retracted the pistons and the calipers are installed.
> 
> I wonder if I should try installing the cables and nut first, then
> pulling the cables to the caliper.  I just assumed there would be enough
> slack (and with a new rod I'm sure there is).

nah, you are going to need that new rod.

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Huw Powell

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