[s-cars] Let's talk parking brakes! : - )

[Douglas Fifield]

All,

I have two new parking brake cables on my bench right now.  I am
waiting to do them at the same time I swap my rear diff.  It does not
appear to be a big job even without doing the differential.  The
cables need to be threaded through some bracketry and care needs to be
taken to put the right cable on the right side (different lengths).
Sounded like the toughest part was getting the cable end off the
spring loaded lever arm on the caliper.  Should take a couple of hours
to do both.

D.

On 8/23/06, chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Thanks for the information, I'll check them out as a source for
> the parking brake cables.
>
> Now if I could figure out what I need to test on the rear calipers
> to make sure they are working correctly.
>
> I seem to recall a write up on how to fix what can fail on the
> calipers,
> but sadly can't find it in my book marks. Does anyone know what this
> repair that is oh so commonly needed?
>
> Thanks again
> Chris
> thankful someone finally saw past the S4 for sale cheap thread! :-) LOL
>
>
>
> --- Tim Dahm <tim.dahm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > I've recently replaced the parking brake cables,  requires dropping
> > the
> > exhaust from the cats back, (that suckers
> > heavy!) There is also a  plastic skid plate that must be removed- 3-4
> > fasteners.  I also removed the center driveshaft support
> > bearing fasteners and supported the center of the driveshaft with a
> > jack
> > stand, this will allow enough access to get to the cables where
> > they attached to the hand brake lever. I think there was also a sheet
> > metal
> > exhaust shield that had to be removed and a brace or two before the
> > center
> > of the driveshaft could be lowered.  good news is the cables are less
> > than
> > $20 each from places like fap99.com, and fit fine in fact look like
> > the OEM.
> > I also put in rebuilt calipers from rockauto.com - don't know about
> > longevity but they're working fine so far.  Didn't have to repair the
> > rebuilt calipers, but I have noticed the return springs vary in
> > tension
> > quite a bit, some very strong, some barely enough force to return the
> > lever
> > to the stop.  (this was comparing 3 sets I've installed on 3
> > different
> > s-cars.
> >
> > good luck!
> >
> > Tim
> > 93/94 S4s
> >
> > On 8/22/06, chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 93 UrS4 with inoperable parking brakes, my sharp eyes quickly
> > > caught the fact that the RR brake cable has been cut, probably
> > > because it has rusted.
> > >
> > > Question, how hard is it to replace the parking brake cables, and
> > > what else should I check? I recall reading something about the
> > > calipers having to be repaired even on "rebuilt" units in order
> > > to have functioning parking brake cables.
> > >
> > > I'd rather do a through inspection so I can get all the needed
> > parts
> > > ahead of time.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > carefully avoiding floormat, UrS4 value or heaven forbid cup
> > holders as
> > > topics of discussion! ;o)
> > >
> > > Make April 15th just another day http://www.fairtax.org
> > >
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Douglas in MN
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