RS2 brakes, was "mov'it's little handbrake calipers?"

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Mihnea,

I have two hydraulic handbrakes in my rally car.

One is the traditional rally type used for hairpin corners. It is spring
loaded. You pull it back,  it locks the rear wheels and it release itself.

The other one is a braking lock ($25), in order to pass tech all rally cars
here in the US need to have a functioning parking brake. It works very simp=
le
and effective. You press the brake pedal, than press the valve, and it holds
the pressure from the valve back until you press the pedal brake again. This
was a suggestion from Martin Pajak (thanks). So, I could get rid of the
cables, handle, etc.

I hope it helps,

Carlos.
>From: Mihnea Cotet
>To: "Pantelis Giamarellos" , "gerard" ,
>Subject: Re: RS2 brakes, was "mov'it's little handbrake calipers?"
>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:52:35 +0100
>
>At 22:07 28/03/2002 +0200, Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:
>>In one word (or actually in two words).......
>>
>>
>>IT SUCKS.
>>
>>as a matter of fact
>>
>>IT SUCKS BIGTIME.
>>
>>I do not think there are a lot of RS2s with a decent working
>>handbrake.
>>
>>Mine does not operate at all. Tried fixing it four times, changed
>>the wire,
>>calibrated it, changed brake shoes, checked clearances. nothing
>>works.
>>you just loose the handbrake gradually until you are left with no
>>handbrake
>>at all.
>
>I know for a fact that it is illegal in Belgium and maybe somewhere
>else in
>the world for street use, but why not use a hydraulic handbrake?
>That's
>what they use in rally cars AFAIK and it's damn effective!
>
>Just my 0.02,
>
>
>Mihnea
>

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