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How To - Tips => Steering / Suspension => Topic started by: norcaldiablo on January 01, 2015, 10:44:57 AM
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So I am back on the Diablo. Need to get a working emergency brake.
I have Porsche 915 trans, S10 hubs and C5 rotors and calipers. Any help on how to get an E brake setup?
Thank you
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I used maxima rear calipers cut them in half and made brk . I'll post pictures in a week time if u want .I'm in FL now , my pictures are on home pc .
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Would love to see them.
Heard the corvette rotors had small drum brakes inside them. My rotors look like they may be that type but no room for cables etc.
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I have tube chassis with all four front rotors so it is easy to add one more small caliper . The one that NAERC use is a toy from go cart . The cables where from (I think) from Ford Explorer . On ebay.
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I took mid 90s Maxima rear calipers ,cut them in half . made spacers to C5 rotors and fab holding brackets.
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Good job! What coilovers are you using?
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TCI 450lbs
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oh,I used LOKAR UNI cables
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Here's something else you might look into. I used the rear brake calipers from a 1985 Cadillac Seville. They aren't too big and they have the mechanical parking brake function built in. My brakes are Corvette, I just used the Cadillac caliper for the e-brake. I'm capping off the hydraulic part and only using the mechanical part. The only thing you have to do to make them fit Corvette rotor is to shave a little of the friction material off each pad to make the space for the rotor. You won't need a full amount of friction pad anyway since these will not be used to stop the car. Anyway, this saves the trouble of cutting calipers and widening them.
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that's definitely easy way, but if you can't get those Caddy ones , you can use any rear calipers that has a cable lever to close. but yeah may need cutting and some mods.
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oh,I used LOKAR UNI cables
I have the same type of hub style, though my bottom pivot is much closer to the bearing mounting flange. I plan on using the OEM C5 park brake assembly. I will have to cut a slot, for the actuator, and I drill and mount the Locar universal cable on the side of the hub.