Re: Broken E-Brake!

[Mark Hausler <mk1scirocco@yahoo.com>]

--- Norm Tallant <takhisis@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Take a look at this picture (again courtesy of Kevin
> Collins):
> 
>
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Factory/1780/rtb040.jpg
> 
> When my girlfriend was driving my car going
> everywhere to find new shocks
> and springs she did a 'lazy' e-brake pull at some
> point where instead of
> pulling straight up, she pulled up and towards her
> which knocked something
> out of alignment.
> 
> I was somehow able to get the brake straight again,
> but now the button
> sticks out twice as far as the picture shows (a
> normal length.)
> 
> So I cannot engage my e-brake!  Any suggestions on
> how to get the darn thing
> back in?
> 
> All the best,
> -Norm
> 
> 
Norm,

This is a fairly easy fix. The e-brake handle has a
pivot where the two cables come in. The button is part
of a j shaped hook that releases a lever with teeth
which in turn locks to another toothed part. THe j
hook can come loose if the cables jump off the pivot.

I don't have it or my bentley in front of me but can
give you more detailed info when I get home, if you
need by then.


===
mark hausler
'81 scirocco s
'94 toyo 4x4
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