[Tigers] Mazda brake comvertion

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Theo,
Bike brake cables normally have loops in them. Pulling on the hand  brake 
without a sheathing on the cable would just screw up the loop rather than  
working the brake. It would seem that if the emergency brake cable in a  car 
had a perfectly straight shot that it would act like a solid rod and  could 
work without a sheathing??  But every emergency brake I've seen has a  
sheathing so there has to be some reason for it.
Mark
 
 
In a message dated 1/11/2011 11:39:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Theo.Smit at dynastream.com writes:

Hi  Duke,
You need both ends of the sheath attached to the caliper body and  the
handbrake mounting, respectively. If you want to see what it's like to  not
have it that way, get out to your bike and undo one of the brake cable  
outer
housings - either at the lever or at the brake, and then see if it  still
works.

Cheers,
Theo

> -----Original  Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net  [mailto:tigers-
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of  wsamouce at kc.rr.com
> Sent: January 11, 2011 8:53 AM
> To:  tigers at autox.team.net; Carmods at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Mazda  brake comvertion
>
> Hey John,
>
> I see what you are  saying but I don't think it will be an issue for
> parking.  Take a  look that the caliper mount, the large steel rod
> inserts into the  caliper body.  I think it can take the force of the
> parking  brake.  The cable is quite flexible and in its stock setup was
>  bent 90 degrees, I am not sure how much resistance to caliper movement
>  it offers mounted on both ends.
>
> Duke
>  B382002037
>


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