brake adjustment

[Tom Wesenberg]

I think of the emergency brake as a PARKING brake, and it's good to have while the car is moving, but only in an emergency to avoid an accident.

It's like the SAWSTOP. It's a one shot deal but does it's job beautifully. The blade comes to a stop in a few micro seconds. It's also much cheaper than a doctor visit and much better than missing fingers. It's between $100 and $150 for a new cartridge and carbide blade.

 

[wbs]

thanks to all-in response to brentwood bob -i live in piedmont,nc and have 28 phaeton- my progrss has has been very slow-there was broken rod that i had to remove but the clevis pin was impossibly rusted stuck-i tried everything for many hours to unstick the pin- finally , i removed the rear fender to get better access which was still bad and used a angle grinder wtith a cutting blade to cut thev eyelet and pin being careful not to injure the lever-finally, i removed the broken rod-- by then it was night and the next time i get some time i'll replace the broken rods and start the adjustment process--thanks to the generous help
by the way is it ok to say that the service brakes are the 100% foot pedal brakes and the emmergency brakes are the 100% hand brake and are on rear wheels only and not at all on the drive shaft?

 

[wbs]

thanks to all-in response to brentwood bob -i live in piedmont,nc and have 1928 phaeton- my progrss has has been very slow-there was broken rod that i had to remove but the clevis pin was impossibly rusted stuck-i tried everything for many hours to unstick the pin- finally , i removed the rear fender to get better access which was still bad and used a angle grinder wtith a cutting blade to cut thev eyelet and pin being careful not to injure the lever-finally, i removed the broken rod-- by then it was night and the next time i get some time i'll replace the broken rods and start the adjustment process--thanks to the generous help of all---
by the way is it ok to say that the service brakes are the 100% foot pedal brakes and the emmergency brakes are the 100% hand brake and are on rear wheels only and not at all on the drive shaft?

 

[Charles Coe]

by the way is it ok to say that the service brakes are the 100% foot pedal brakes and the emmergency brakes are the 100% hand brake and are on rear wheels only and not at all on the drive shaft?

Yes

 

[Brentwood Bob]

Glad to hear you handled a problem like the rusted eyelet. will pm you.
Bob