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Re: Or you could- Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: Or you could-, udderslate, Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:05:04 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Two points about the cables-
You move the lever on the back of the caliper to slip the cable on. If that cable is too short, the lever of the caliper will be pre-loaded, and start to engage the brake on that side. As an example, if one side were way too loose and the other way too tight, the tight side would drag, and the loose side would never engage.
The tightness of the cable has some effect on how far up you can pull the parking brake lever, but not a lot. You can get some pretty good leverage on that parking brake lever, so if the cable were too short, things bend, cables stretch, and the sheath of the parking brake cable itself deforms. All that lost motion allows you to pull the lever up even with a too-tight cable.
Now, mis-adjusted cables may not be the issue - maybe you've got another bum caliper. But checking the adjustement of the cable is pretty easy - any adjustment that can be done sitting in the driver's seat, listening to the radio is easy in my book - and well worth doing.
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