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Re: E-BROKE!



^^ hehe, i like the title!

Hey man, i've had a cable break in the exact same place one time, luckily i
wasn't flying around a corner, i was just trying to park. I was kinda
pissed, so i yanked the lever up, and SNAP! Oh shit! one of my cables broke
inside right where it's next to the catalytic converter. I ordered 2 cables
to be safe, and just did both sides at once, not TOO hard of a job.
I noticed where it snapped was all burned looking, and the other side in
the same place, the metal cable was all discolored. 
The moral of all this is: change both at the same time, your other one's
probably about to leave on you. 

At 12:20 AM 3/19/99 PST, you wrote:
>So I just adjusted my emergency brake tonight, and then went out for a 
>test-run on the wet pavement. Please do not try this at home. I took a 
>corner at about 50 and cranked the wheel hard over. I pulled the handle 
>at the right moment and SNAP, the cable broke off and the handle ripped 
>out. The old rocco had barely missed kissing a large oak on the other 
>side of the road. I was shocked. I mean I knew I'd been working out 
>but... Anyways I guess I'm lucky. Had that been a real accident (and 
>I've driven off a cliff and hit some oncoming traffic in my day) I 
>probably wouldn't be here asking how to fix it so i can go and try it 
>again!
>
>Anyways the cable broke apart 4 inches from the end. Is there some way i 
>can re-attach the cable to the bolt-end, or do i have to replace the 
>whole cable? Is a junk-yard a good place to find one in good cond'n?
>
>In some ways I guess I'm glad i don't have that Kamei body kit on yet...
>
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