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On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 10:05, Jim Adney wrote: > On 12 Aug 2005 at 9:34, Ben Mungkornpanich wrote: > > > Ok, so my project this weekend is to get my parking brake to hold my car. > > > > Any suggestions or helpful tips I should know before I get to work? > > Yes, it's important to understand that the parking brake stuff very seldom > needs adjustment. If the lever just comes up too high, that's almost always a > sign that the rear brakes need to be adjusted. Whatever you do, make sure the > adjusters at the rear wheels are properly adjusted BEFORE you adjust anything > at the lever. Most of the time, adjusting the shoes at the wheels will bring > the lever back where it's supposed to be. 4 to 6 clicks up should set the emergency brake firmly, with the rear shoes properly adjusted. 8 clicks for a steep incline like San Francisco streets. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~