Emergency brake cable install

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masspydr
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Your car is a: 1982 124 spider

Emergency brake cable install

Postby masspydr » Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:56 pm

Help can someone please send me a step by step instructions on how to install the emergency brake cable ,tried a new cable and still way too tight cannot connect to the equalizer bracket/rod :(

vandor
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Your car is a: 1971 124 Spider
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Re: Emergency brake cable install

Postby vandor » Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:54 pm

Make sure the sleeves are fully seated in the body's brackets.
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So Cal Mark
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Re: Emergency brake cable install

Postby So Cal Mark » Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:15 am

loosen the adjustment nut on the bracket first, that should create slack in the cable making it much easier to attach
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