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Old 11-27-2010, 05:48 PM   #44
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Re: True C5 Rear Disc w/ internal parking brake in the works

Finalized the e-brake cable bracket. OE Camaro rear brakes use a cast iron backing plate and the ebrake cable passes through the hole and the fingers on the cable secures it, just like our backing e-brake cables on the trucks. since the metal im using is 1/8, its too thin for the fingers to grab on to and actually old the cable so it doesnt wiggle around. I simply made a holder, just like a distributor hold down bracket. Simple and effective.
On my spare 12 bolt, I found out the wierdest thing. The offsets are not the same... different enough that you have to shim the caliper inwards .10" on one side and outwards .10".. I just happen to have some .10 hardware store washers laying around and happend to be the ideal thickness to center the caliper basket right over the rotor. So I wont be having the brackets milled down to make it a perfect fit, I will just use some hardware store washers to align the baskets.
I was looking at Lokar ebrake cables... dang 119 from summit.... dang any rate, thats an option to make it uber easy but its costly.
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