[DML] Re: Parking Brakes

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are actually two places on each caliper at which the parking
brake cable can be adjusted: the usual slotted adjusting screw, and
the turnbuckle where the cable passes through its sheath holding
bracket. If you can't pull enough slack out of the cable with the
adjusting screw, loosen that turnbuckle and move it further from the
caliper. BTW: Those nuts seem to be another instance of English
fasteners on our little metric cars -- 14mm fits too snugly but 9/16"
is perfect.

You're not forgetting to release the parking brake before driving the
car, are you? That will stretch a cable very quickly.

I haven't investigated the lever mechanism itself yet -- does anybody
know if slack can be taken up there as well, perhaps like a
traditional parking brake cable yoke?

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, steve trimble <stevetrimble52@xxxx>
wrote:
> After just completing a complete brake overhaul
> including new parking brake pads the parking brakes
> are as weak as before. I adjusted as normal but they
> are WEAK! Any suggestions? If this situation is normal
> I am surprised there isn't a pile of wrecked Jaguars
> at the bottom of a big hill somewhere!!
> Thanks
> Steve T
> 
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