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Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:12 am

jtauxe wrote: It's more than a parking brake to me. It's an emergency brake as well. I test it from time to time going down a hill using just the cable brake (parking/emergency brake) just for assurances that it works.

I would not drive a bus that did not have a working emergency brake.

And while a block o' wood or a brick may suffice to keep the car from rolling while parked, it will not do much good when you need the cable brake in an emergency.

Testing the efficiency and balance, of both the service brakes (i.e. hydraulic brakes) and the hand brake (parking brake or emergency brake), on a rolling-road brake dynomometer, has long been a part of the British, oligatory, annual MOT test of vehicle roadworthiness. :D 8)

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-s...tage-3.htm

ATL brake tester | mot testing equipment | getech garage equipment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKdkB4vQ9Us

bowmonk brake meter | decelerometer | brake tester | getech garage equipment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngmBPFLB2GU

Brake Performance

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How to carry out a brake performance test

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:45 pm

Strong enough for a hill in San Fran :).

Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:12 pm

daniel5560 wrote: I have had an ongoing issue with my parking brake as the hardware in the drum is too slack. The park brake lever in the drum actually hits the inner hub preventing it from engaging fully. I've fixed it before, but on a steep hill it wouldn't hold this year. Time to take er apart again this weekend. Anyone else experience that?

If you have a '72, it has one year only bars on the rear emergency lever system- longer space between slots in the spreader bar. Likely you have wrong later ones, had same thing happen to mine- impossible to get right. Find '72 spreader bar in classifieds.

Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:08 am

72 rear brake assembly.

Thanks to old DKP driver for the pic.

Wed May 08, 2024 1:55 pm

Thanks folks for this thread;

I have rebuilt and adjusted the rear brake drums/ shoes, then adjusted cables (annually) which improved the problem but will still not hold on any incline.

So It looks like I need to replace the cables. Thanks for the help. I will report back when this job is comeplete!