parking brake

[baxsom]

Will someone point me to a good how to on rebuilding the parking brake. I found a few out there but the pictures suck and reference parts that are not identified in the pictures.

Thanks,

 

[JohnZ]

Will someone point me to a good how to on rebuilding the parking brake. I found a few out there but the pictures suck and reference parts that are not identified in the pictures.

Thanks,

Try the Rowley Corvette website - they used to have an article posted on that subject.

 

[Hib Halverson]

I just did the P-brakes on my 71 and the diagram in the Factory Service Manual was adequate. It's a very simple drum brake and, once you get the axles out, it's an easy task to rebuild them.

It's getting the axles out that's the hard part.

 

[GTR1999]

Replacing them on the car with the axle flange in the way is a trick but it can be done except for the captured shoe hold down pin.

This may help

 

[JohnZ]

Here's the Rowley Corvette article that covers the parking brake, done without removing the spindles; check out illustration #7.

Corvette Repairs-Corvette How To Series by Rowley Corvette Supply, Inc.

 

[Dad]

In addition to using the dental floss in the Rowley instructions to compress the springs I tied 10" of it to the pin head and a 12" fish wire (.035 Dia.) to thread it up through the backer plate threading it through the washers and springs. With the pin in the locking position it was easy to torch the floss off the spring locking everything in place. You can then burn off the floss tied to the head, the floss reacts quickly to heat.

This job can teach you how to swear if you forgot how. ad

 

[baxsom]

Yeah I saw that page, I really wish that they would have went that little extra step and made the pictures bigger. I hate using the service manual. It is written for an engineer sometimes it seems.

 

[Bwmurph]

Parking Brake

As noted above, this job will definitely teach you how to cuss like a sailor ! I attempted this last year and only got one side done. I'm going to get to the other side as soonas it warms up around here. I used the dental floss / string trick as well and it was still a PITA.

Good Luck !!