[DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Sun May 11 21:09:08 EDT 2014
Jack,
It seems creative to use the existing parking brake lever and locking teeth features to operate a master cylinder, have others done that?
Ken
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Best guess: someone else has noticed that U.S- legal parking brakes do not need to be cable operated; it just turns out to be the cheapest way for auto manufacturers to comply. A hand-operated master squeezing a pair of small hydraulic calipers are perfectly legal as long as they're completely separated from the main brake system- including separate lines. I have a pair of small 2-piston Wilwood calipers I will probably use for such a system at some point, along with a small bore Girling master and a Ford pickup truck foot-operated e-brake lever. FWIW- J DeRyke
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Ken Green <[1]kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote: Did you see the parking brake, the handle is connected to a master cylinder. A Anyone know what is going on with it? Ken
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Jack,
It seems creative to use the existing parking brake lever and
locking teeth features to operate a master cylinder, have others done
that?
Ken
From: "jderyke at aol.com" <jderyke at aol.com>
To: michael at michaelshortt.com; kenn_green at yahoo.com
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE
Best guess: someone else has noticed that U.S- legal parking brakes do
not need to be cable operated; it just turns out to be the cheapest way
for auto manufacturers to comply. A hand-operated master squeezing a
pair of small hydraulic calipers are perfectly legal as long as they're
completely separated from the main brake system- including separate
lines. I have a pair of small 2-piston Wilwood calipers I will probably
use for such a system at some point, along with a small bore Girling
master and a Ford pickup truck foot-operated e-brake lever. FWIW- J
DeRyke
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Ken Green <[1][1]kenn_green at yahoo.com>
wrote:
Did you see the parking brake, the handle is connected to a
master cylinder. A Anyone know what is going on with it?
Ken
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