[Healeys] Parking Brake discovery

[Bob Spidell]

I suspect this is pretty common; happened to me too.  Next time I have the cover off with the MIG handy ...


Bob



On 1/2/2012 9:59 AM, Steve B. Gerow wrote:
> My parking brake - even though the rear drums are adjusted to drag slightly - has always barely caught in an almost
> vertical position. Not anywhere close to the "3-clicks up" position as desired.
>
> In the process of installing my Supra W58 tranny, I discovered the internal mount for the handbrake lever was broken -
> the weld had come loose from the frame x-member, allowing quite a lot of free rotation before the lever caught.
>
> I made a clamp-on reinforcing bracket and now the brake functions just like emergency brakes on other cars - it'll
> definitely hold the car on a hill.
>
> Just a FWIW.
>


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Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net

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