emergency brake cable snapped?

[rob hod]

    Well, Its a funny old world isn't it, only 2 days agp I was asking if
anyone else had ever popped the m10 nuts off their threaded e-brake rod. My
bet is thats whats occured, -  It only takes one big jerk. If it turns out
that the nut has flown off the rod, get 2 replacements from the dealer
 you'll find the partnumber if you trawl the last 3 days of the archive on
subject 'threaded rod' ) and lock them together on the rod.

    If you unlucky then the rod has rusted and snapped, but thats less
likely. Unless your name is Dan.
Cheers

rob
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> Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 00:24:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Andrew Sitzer <sitzman at core.binghamton.edu>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: emergency brake cable snapped?
>
> Hey all.. I leant my 86 5ks to a friend last week and sure enough he
> managed to brake something the very first time he drove it ;-)
>
> Anyways, he called me and told me that when he tried to set the parking
> brake he felt a snap and now the handle has zero tension..
>
> I am 300 miles away from the car so i cant take a look at it to figure out
> what broke.. any ideas?  I think he got under the car but didn't see
> anything obvious.. but that doesnt rule out the possibility :)
>
> From the archives it sounds like there are two emergency brake cables
> (one to each rear caliper) so I guess it is  unlikely that he snapoped
> both of these at once)..
>
> Is it more likely that it is something in the handle (where the handle
> meets the cable?)
>
> Thanks All!
> -Andrew S.
>