Delete Emergency Brake?
06-22-2012, 05:53 PM
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Delete Emergency Brake?
My car is currently in my parents garage and needs to be moved to my house (200 miles away). The rear right Emergency Brake is quite trashed. The actual half circle piece is bent slightly and all the springs are stretched, twisted, torqued, and totally useless. Can I install everything back on without the E-brake that side? I'm planning on installing a whole willwood setup in the next month and so I don't want to put anymore money into the current setup. I know it will pull if I use it on the road but as a parking brake I should be fine, right? I also live in North Dakota so no hills for me.
06-22-2012, 08:39 PM
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You asked the same question over on Pelican and the answer is still the same. Removing just one ebrake will not work, they work together and if you remove just one side they both will not work and the one that is still connected will most likely get damaged due to the slack. Remove both sides, tie the cables back and run without ebrake.
Someone else might chirp in to confirm, but that is what I did to get out of an ebrake bind calamity a few years back.
Curious, who makes Willwoods to fit the rear?
Someone else might chirp in to confirm, but that is what I did to get out of an ebrake bind calamity a few years back.
Curious, who makes Willwoods to fit the rear?
06-24-2012, 10:03 AM
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For a street car, if I was going to take it all apart to remove it... I'd just fix it! Like French Toast says, you never know when it'll come in handy! (Some states require it for annual inspections...)
On a track car, remove it.
On a track car, remove it.
07-03-2012, 05:13 AM
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If you're gonna DD it, just fix it.
I put off fixing mine.
Mistake.
On Sunday it rolled out of my garage, across the street, through a row of trees, and 200 feet into an abandoned middle school. Now I need a new RR quarter panel, my rear suspension is FUBAR, and I bent my BBS RS.
I definitely regret not spending the 20 minutes to fix it, now.
Also.
I live in Kansas. Not too many hills here either.
I put off fixing mine.
Mistake.
On Sunday it rolled out of my garage, across the street, through a row of trees, and 200 feet into an abandoned middle school. Now I need a new RR quarter panel, my rear suspension is FUBAR, and I bent my BBS RS.
I definitely regret not spending the 20 minutes to fix it, now.
Also.
I live in Kansas. Not too many hills here either.
07-03-2012, 10:24 AM
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I think the OP wants to know if he can disable it just for transportation purposes.
It's your life guy. I would do it (disable it and drive it), just be aware of how you can stop the vehicle without that particular system in the mix. You should make it operational again once you decide which way to go with the brakes. But yes, you can drive without it. It's just a cable based system that does not impact the regular hydraulic brakes.
It's your life guy. I would do it (disable it and drive it), just be aware of how you can stop the vehicle without that particular system in the mix. You should make it operational again once you decide which way to go with the brakes. But yes, you can drive without it. It's just a cable based system that does not impact the regular hydraulic brakes.
