Re: hand brake

[Russ wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 09:02, Greg Merritt wrote:
> At 3:20 PM +0300 5/11/03, Daniel Baum wrote:
> >it moved much easier with the handbrake off. How good is the handbrake
> >supposed to be?
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> 	It should immobilize the car -- that is, you shouldn't be 
> able to push it.
> 
> 	After the rear brakes are adjusted, you can (should) adjust 
> the hand brake.  Have you done so?  There's a pair of cables, one for 
> each side, running up the tunnel from the rear.  I just replaced one 
> of the cables on my '63 Beetle yesterday, but that's got a different 
> style mounting at the lever than the later cars like your '69; have a 
> look at a manual.  (I'm also assuming that the 34 is the same as the 
> others, but I could be wrong.  T34 donations accepted.)
> 
Lift the rear wheels off the ground.
Make the sure the hand brake is off.
Adjust the rear brakes properly.
Engage the hand brake lever 4-6 notches.
Adjust each hand brake cable until you can not rotate the rear wheels at
all by hand.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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