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So I have my brakes working great, but not my parking brake. Anyone ever figure how else to lock the wheels from rolling away when on an incline.? I like automatic cars due to the park feature.?

Thanks,

Mark
 

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On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 6:22 AM mark.barbour@... [C-Car] <C-Car@...> wrote:
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So I have my brakes working great, but not my parking brake. Anyone ever figure how else to lock the wheels from rolling away when on an incline.? I like automatic cars due to the park feature.?

Thanks,

Mark
 

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? IIRC there is a brake lock that works in the brake line, just press on the brake and it locks the pressure in.? Can be found on performance car hops like Summit, etc I believe.? Been a while.
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On Thursday, June 13, 2019, 10:22:12 AM UTC, mark.barbour@... [C-Car] wrote:




So I have my brakes working great, but not my parking brake. Anyone ever figure how else to lock the wheels from rolling away when on an incline.? I like automatic cars due to the park feature.?

Thanks,

Mark
 

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Why? Is the parking brake hard to find parts for? Mine works great right now, and it looks like a simple set up.



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From: "jerry freedomev freedomev@... [C-Car]" <C-Car@...>
Date: 6/13/19 6:45 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: C-Car@...
Subject: Re: [C-Car] Parking brake

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? ? ? ?? Hi Mark and All,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? IIRC there is a brake lock that works in the brake line, just press on the brake and it locks the pressure in.? Can be found on performance car hops like Summit, etc I believe.? Been a while.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Jerry Dycus

On Thursday, June 13, 2019, 10:22:12 AM UTC, mark.barbour@... [C-Car] <C-Car@...> wrote:




So I have my brakes working great, but not my parking brake. Anyone ever figure how else to lock the wheels from rolling away when on an incline.? I like automatic cars due to the park feature.?

Thanks,

Mark
 

I have everything connected but the manual cable not working yet.? working by myself so It's hard to see if there is much movement when I pull and the brake lever.? All hooked up on the rear brakes.
 

For mine to work right, everything had to be really smooth operating, and most importantly the rear brakes adjusted well. There is not enough leverage in the design, and I really have to mean it when I set it, while pushing the brake pedal. I snapped my front cable once setting it, which results in punching yourself.? I've not done the modification of the lever, but it makes sense to move the cable further out on the lever underneath the car to gain leverage. I've read here that has been done successfully.?


On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 6:22 AM mark.barbour@... [C-Car] <C-Car@...> wrote:
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So I have my brakes working great, but not my parking brake. Anyone ever figure how else to lock the wheels from rolling away when on an incline.? I like automatic cars due to the park feature.?

Thanks,

Mark
 

You've probably already seen this, but there's a little nut on a threaded rod that attaches to the brake cables running to the back of the car (it's located under the front floor panels in the middle, should be easy to spot).

To get mine working (well enough that I trust them on a slight incline) I tightened that a bunch.?

- Jacob Field
1980 Gold ComutaCar
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On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:22 AM mark.barbour@... [C-Car] <C-Car@...> wrote:
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So I have my brakes working great, but not my parking brake. Anyone ever figure how else to lock the wheels from rolling away when on an incline.? I like automatic cars due to the park feature.?

Thanks,

Mark
 

I know that nut exactly.? with the brake off how tight should those cables be?? I imagine pretty snug so when you pull up the emergency brake it pulls the levers in the rear brake, and the rear brake shoes have to be adjusted so that the wheel is moving without any friction, but not by very much?
 

I don't know, but I adjusted it so it was pretty tight. I just adjusted it, applied the brake and tested it, and then adjusted it as needed.

As for adjusting the drum brakes: I adjusted mine till the wheels wouldn't spin more than a turn with a good spin by hand, as recommended by someone else on the forums. That's probably a little tighter than they should be, but the brake pads will wear smooth after a bit of driving, and I'd rather have brakes that are too tight than ones that don't work.

- Jacob Field
1980 Gold ComutaCar

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 10:07 AM mark.barbour@... [C-Car] <C-Car@...> wrote:
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I know that nut exactly.? with the brake off how tight should those cables be?? I imagine pretty snug so when you pull up the emergency brake it pulls the levers in the rear brake, and the rear brake shoes have to be adjusted so that the wheel is moving without any friction, but not by very much?
 

hay its cb in fl i use a power parking brake in my cars push a button and it sets the brake by 12 volts press the button a 2nd time and it lets the brakes go no fus and no busted chin


-----Original Message-----
From: mark.barbour@... [C-Car]
To: C-Car
Sent: Thu, Jun 13, 2019 1:07 pm
Subject: Re: [C-Car] Parking brake

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I know that nut exactly.? with the brake off how tight should those cables be?? I imagine pretty snug so when you pull up the emergency brake it pulls the levers in the rear brake, and the rear brake shoes have to be adjusted so that the wheel is moving without any friction, but not by very much?
 

That sounds awesome.? Do you have any part numbers or links you can send?
Thanks,

Mark in Syracuse, NY

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