[DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment

[Jim Gray]

Charlie,

I know you had various troubles on your trip but I've heard nothing about 
your cruise control.  Did it work OK?

Jim "curious" Gray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: "'Tomas Gunnarsson'" <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment


> Got it, thanks. Too bad I've got the wheels back on. I'm getting good at
> taking them off though!
>
> By the way, for those counting, 2,750 kilometers last week on our road 
> trip.
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Tomas Gunnarsson [mailto:guson at home.se]
> Enviado el: Sunday, 24 June, 2007 9:33 PM
> Para: detomaso at realbig.com; Charles McCall
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment
>
> I won't argue with that. My guess is that the caliper is used with a bit 
> too
> much rotor and the adjuster was supposed to be straight. Ideally you 
> should
> be able to turn the nut by hand but after a while, well, you know what 
> it's
> like... :-/
>
> Tomas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
> To: "'Tomas Gunnarsson'" <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: den 24 juni 2007 21:10
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment
>
>
> -snip-Rough serration on the jaws will make for better grip and less 
> damage
> I guess.-snip
> ***Yes, but not as good a grip as a good ol´ nut, with even less damage.
> Seems like a strange choice of hardware and more prone to being mangled
> during adjustment.
>
> I've got the tires back on and the car back in the garage, so it looks 
> like
> it'll have to wait until next weekend.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
> Soak with oil for a while before you start turning the nut.
>
> Tomas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
> To: "'Tomas Gunnarsson'" <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: den 24 juni 2007 20:47
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment
>
>
>> So there is no problem with putting a pair of pliers on "B" and cranking
>> down? Recommendations  as to what tool to use without damaging the nut?
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: Tomas Gunnarsson [mailto:guson at home.se]
>> Enviado el: Sunday, 24 June, 2007 8:43 PM
>> Para: detomaso at realbig.com; Charles McCall
>> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment
>>
>> B is the adjuster. It looks like the right pad in the pic has been
> rattling
>> around in the caliper for a while as the surface is not flat to match the
>> rotor face. Make sure you haven't overused A to preload the lever. That
> may
>> cause loss of lever travel.
>>
>> Tomas
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: den 24 juni 2007 20:05
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Parking brake adjustment
>>
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > How do you adjust the parking brake on a late-model Pantera? I ask
>> > late-model because Thomas Gunnarsson thinks it may be different than an
>> > early model. And looking in the Shop Manual, I see the ever-helpful 
>> > "The
>> > parking brake is self-adjusting, so you shouldn't have to adjust it
>> ever..."
>> > or something like that.
>> >
>> > Please see the photo at
>> > http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/Misc/parkingbrake
>> >
>> > You can see the gap between the brake pad and the rotor.
>> >
>> > The parking brake was working just fine last week, I took off for a
> little
>> > 10-day drive, and partway through it stopped working. I did bottom out
> on
>> a
>> > speed bump pretty hard, which may or may not be related. There is
>> absolutely
>> > zero braking action when pulling on the lever. Looking underneath the
> car,
>> > the mechanism is working fine - everything moves like it should (I
> think)
>> > when pulling on the lever but there is a large gap between the pad and
> the
>> > rotor.
>> >
>> > I tried adjusting nut "A", which moves the whole mechanism to the left,
>> > which closes the pads a little. But I've almost adjusted all the way to
>> the
>> > end and still am far from having braking action.
>> >
>> > Nut "B" is another option, but it doesn't look like it is something I'm
>> > supposed to move, since I can't get a wrench on it. It isn't
> finger-tight
>> -
>> > I can't move it by hand and am nervous about clamping down on it.
>> >
>> > Hence the call for help.
>> >
>> > "Help!"
>> >
>> > Thanks!
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