Rotate the brake handle while looking at the shaft with a mirror .one
side has teeth which the spring engages Glenn
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Kevin wrote:
The spring engages the teeth on the shaft. The teeth are only on
one side of the shaft so you have to rotate the handle to see and
engage the teeth. If the teeth are gone than your shaft is not the
correct one. In other words you have been given the shaft.
Kevin1
--- In [email protected], "Donald" <dongen...@...> wrote:
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> Well, it don't have any teeth on the shaft. There is however a
spring that obviously controls some sort of friction lock, but
unsure how turning the handle would have any effect on the lock or
how one would unlock it. If someone wants to see the spring, email
me for a photo. I could not look at it, only feel and stick the
camera up under the dash, just point and shoot.
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> --- In [email protected], "Kevin" <kgassert@> wrote:
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> > It should have teeth on it but they do get worn out. But you
should be able to see the teeth. You have to twist it so the teeth
engage the wire.
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> > --- In [email protected], "Donald" <DonGeneda@> wrote:
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> > > Somewhere I THOUGHT I had understood that the brake handle on
the panel could be used as a parking brake. When I tried it out
however, all it seems to do is put on the brakes, there is no lock
or rachet to keep the brakes on. The Service Manual makes no
mention of a rachet or lock on the hand brake handle.
> > > Am I missing something on my coupe, or is that just a hand
brake?
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