Parking Brake Not Engaging

[Huw Powell]

passat TS wrote:
> 
> I replaced the rear calipers on my 87 CGT, then I went to adjust the cables.
> 
> The calipers are not engaging. The cable pulls all the way to the stop on
> the calipers, but the wheels are still spinning freely.
> 
> The caliper is working, since it is responding to the pedal as it should,
> and the pads and rotors are new.

check if the cable system is working by yanking the handle up and
looking at the ebrake levers on the calipers.

if it is, the pistons may still be too far into the caliper for the
motion made by the cables to engage the brakes.  I believe that some
driving and braking will cause it to slowly adjust so the pads are
closer to the rotor and the ebrake will then work.

I would be inclined to suspect the cables, damage or maybe not installed
properly (may have come out of their locations during brake job?)

-- 
Huw Powell

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