RE: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines

["Iturzaeta , Joseph " <JIturzaeta@kbhome.com>]

I just got a disc kit for the rear with emergency brake. It cost $300,
but I asked the guy at the shop about the line lock and he said that it
would be fine for a parking brake but not advisable to use as an
emergency brake. Probably because it only locks the fluid after you push
in the brake pedal.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Weigel [mailto:notchboy@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:56 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines


What about a line lock? Like draggers use for burn outs locking the
fronts. 
Use it for the rear. Or is that the same as you are describing.

jason


: RE: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines


>
> I expect whatever rear disc setup he or the PO
> installed doesn't have a parking brake.  This is all
> too common with aftermarket disc setups.
>
> It would probably be cheaper and easier to go back to
> drums, but there are some alternatives.  Wilwood sells
> a mechanical spot caliper made specifically for
> handbrake applications.  You'd really only need one on
> one side to operate as a *parking* brake.  As an
> *emergency* brake, two would obviously be far better.


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