[DML] Re: Emergency Brake Adjustment?

[Robert Hlavacek <rahlavacek@xxxx>]

I adjusted my emergency(parking) break without any help,
unfortunately.

When you take off the wheel there are two adjustment points. Choose the
large
slot head screw with rhe cotter pin!! Its a no brainer. Don't plat
with the
two nut adjustment on the cable! Remove the cotter pin and screwon the
slot
head screw untill the rotor won't turn. Then back off the screw where
the
rotor will JUST turn. Mabye not too freely. Then put in the cotter pin
or
back off the screw untill the cotter pin will fall in the screw head
slot.
Replace the cotter pin. Both sides, your done. an hour or so.

If you touch the brake cable adjustment on the break cable, two nuts on
either
side of a bracket, and remove the peg on the end of the cable from the
arm, DO
NOT, (WHEN REPLACING THE NUT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PEG) OVER TIGHTEN THE
LOCK
NUT!!!!!!!!! IT WILL BREAK OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE PEG!!!

And turn a 1 hour job into a 6 hour job. Actually another 10 hour job
to fix
the peg. Or you could buy a new cable, but that's got to be $100 -
$200+ for
the part, plus hours to install. DON'T DO IT!!!!

The cotter pin - slot screw is simple.

Don't take out the end of the cable from the bracket.

There is some self-adjusting mechanism in the parking break bracket, but
it
obvisouly dosen't work, hense the need to adjust the parking break.
Mine now
holds solidly at about 3 clicks on the parking break. It passed the
safety
check in Connecticut easily after this ajustment.

If you're doing this and need some help, call me at (203) 377-7551
(home). I'm
an engineer. Or (203) 783-2729 8-5 (work) EDT

DMC Joe wrote:

> Mike,
> You are not doing anything wrong, the information hasn't been placed on the
> web-site. If all goes well you should see it by end of the day tomorrow
> 7/6.
>
> DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
> Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com>
>
> ----------
> > From: Mike Hirko <mikehirko@xxxx>
> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DML] Re: Emergency Brake Adjustment?
> > Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:51 PM
> >
> > DMC Joe wrote:
> > >snip: "parking brake adjustment": "Look for this information at our web
> site beginning Monday the 28th."
> > >
> > DMC Joe,
> > Can't seem to find this at your site. Am I doing something wrong?
> >
> > Mike Hirko
> >
>
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