[DeTomaso] parking brakes

[Stephen]

When I was going through my brakes I wanted to clean out the e-brake
housings and the cables.  So, I cut off the cable ends, took everything
apart, took all the old plastic sheath off the housings, replaced with heavy
shrink-to-fit, cut the housings to be a better fit with less excess length,
lubed with graphite-impregnated grease, then put new ends on the cables to
match the length that they needed to be.  Went together very nicely.

 

It would have been pretty much as simple to change length to match a front
mounting for the originals, but would have likely required cutting a pair of
holes in the sheet metal - I hate extra holes.

 

For what all that is worth.

 

Stephen Nelson

 

 

From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 11:52 AM
To: gaino at earthlink.net; steve at snclocks.com; guson at home.se
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] parking brakes

 


In a message dated 1/13/16 9 15 10, gaino at earthlink.net
<mailto:gaino at earthlink.net>  writes:





   Is it possible to mount the stock calipers in the front position to use
   as Ebrake?  He already has the Wilwoods installed and saftey wired on
   the rear mounts.



>>>People who say 'yes' are forgetting about simple mechanics.  The calipers
are actuated by cables which are introduced into the rear of the wheelwell.
If the calipers are repositioned the cables will no longer fit, plus if
longer ones were used, they would foul the driveshafts on their way forward.
The only possible way to make a system like that work would be to reposition
the cables so they entered the wheelwells ahead of, instead of behind the
hub carriers, and there would be a fair bit of engineering involved.  I
suppose it might be possible, but it certainly won't be a trivial exercise.

Mike

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   When I was going through my brakes I wanted to clean out the e-brake
   housings and the cables.  So, I cut off the cable ends, took everything
   apart, took all the old plastic sheath off the housings, replaced with
   heavy shrink-to-fit, cut the housings to be a better fit with less
   excess length, lubed with graphite-impregnated grease, then put new
   ends on the cables to match the length that they needed to be.  Went
   together very nicely.


   It would have been pretty much as simple to change length to match a
   front mounting for the originals, but would have likely required
   cutting a pair of holes in the sheet metal - I hate extra holes...


   For what all that is worth.


   Stephen Nelson



   From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
   Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 11:52 AM
   To: gaino at earthlink.net; steve at snclocks.com; guson at home.se
   Cc: detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] parking brakes


   In a message dated 1/13/16 9 15 10, [1]gaino at earthlink.net writes:

        Is it possible to mount the stock calipers in the front position
     to use
        as Ebrake?  He already has the Wilwoods installed and saftey
     wired on
        the rear mounts.

   >>>People who say 'yes' are forgetting about simple mechanics.  The
   calipers are actuated by cables which are introduced into the rear of
   the wheelwell.  If the calipers are repositioned the cables will no
   longer fit, plus if longer ones were used, they would foul the
   driveshafts on their way forward.  The only possible way to make a
   system like that work would be to reposition the cables so they entered
   the wheelwells ahead of, instead of behind the hub carriers, and there
   would be a fair bit of engineering involved.  I suppose it might be
   possible, but it certainly won't be a trivial exercise.
   Mike

References

   1. mailto:gaino at earthlink.net