| Author |
Message |
turboghia
Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2004
Posts: 210
Location: Long Beach, Ca.
|
 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: Emergency Brake Replace |
 |
|
Hi,
The P.O. removed the emergency brake system from the car and welded a plate over the cut out in the tunnel the tubes are not in there either. This car is not street driven it is only used off road.. Is there a way to put a emergency brake system in the car? After market? Any thoughts?
Steve |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
GetPsycho
Samba Member
Joined: February 14, 2004
Posts: 1440
Location: The Frayed Ends of Sanity
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
Are you sure that the tubes are gone? When I shortened
my chassis, I shortened the tubes also.
I left enough room between the end of the tubes and the
back of the new ebrake that I can tie the cables together
inside the tunnel. If the tubes are still in there, maybe you
can come up with something similar. I used the brake lever
out of a ford focus.
_________________
SOME MORNINGS IT'S JUST NOT
WORTH CHEWING THROUGH THE
LEATHER STRAPS!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BL3Manx
Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2006
Posts: 6768
Location: Northern California
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Emergency Brake Replace |
|
|
| turboghia wrote: |
Hi,
The P.O. removed the emergency brake system from the car and welded a plate over the cut out in the tunnel the tubes are not in there either. This car is not street driven it is only used off road.. Is there a way to put a emergency brake system in the car? After market? Any thoughts?
Steve |
I have one that the same thing was done to it. I'm going to cut a brake mount section out of a scrap chassis and weld it in place.
The tubes were cut off inside the tunnel at about where they pass the torsion tube. They're still in place at the rear where they come out of the frame horns. I'm going to weld a couple short sections of tube inside the tunnel right up behind the bottom of the brake handle to guide the cable the last 3 or 4 inches before the handle . The cable will run in the open for about a foot inside the tunnel past the access cover, but that won't matter if there is tube at each end to guide them. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
turboghia
Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2004
Posts: 210
Location: Long Beach, Ca.
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks Guys,
I guess I fab up something. Any of you guys who just drive their cars off road just do without the E brake?
Steve |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
seabeebuggy
Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2005
Posts: 2395
Location: NM, CA, UT and now NV
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| turboghia wrote: |
Thanks Guys,
I guess I fab up something. Any of you guys who just drive their cars off road just do without the E brake?
Steve |
Well they will only do it once. I lost my brakes going down a dirt road. About 1 mile or so further I would have been on a steep down hill road. I have a e brake / disk brakes.
_________________
Seabee turbo buggy build
(Quote Runslikeapenguin said)
so to everyone else whos not a retarded butt pirate marine with an tacky ugly ass car covered in auto zone bolt and stick on s**t. (end quote)
A better place to talk offroad |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
