I like to show my friends a neat trick. The trick is where I go on a main road going 40 or 50 MPH and then I all of the sudden yank the e-brake. What happens?


Very slow deceleration!!!!


I never really worried about it, but I pulled off the e-brake cover off to adjust it because I thought that's all it was. The cable is now stiffer and the handle only comes up about halfway now, but it does the same thing!


Is there a different adjustment I need to adjust, or does my e-brake just suck?!

 

if you had drum brakes they would lock up......
easy,,,since you have a GSL its disk, so you can apply the brakes much harder berore they lock up....=better stopping power

 

hey robert, are you as drunk as i am?

 

but pulling the e-brake up is equivalent to resting your foot on the brake pedal in terms of braking... should it be a lot more?

 

make sure the e-brake cable isnt streched







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william why does your icon look like a crx?

 

it is

 

he is waiting for a 12A for his crx

 

you confuse me

 

You have a GSL?

The problem is you have rear disc brakes. Disc brakes suck for handbraking. Get rid of them for some drums, or just live with a handbrake that is almost sufficient to keep the car from rolling on a mild hill. (Twice now I've found my car rolled into the street, and my driveway is only like 5-6" rise over 10 feet)

 

<- because that guy is driving the CRX

 

anyone know a skyline forum ?

 

No. I don't know a skyline forum, nor do I have the inclination to ever visit one. You shouldn't either. :-P

I noticed this too, I was pulling into my driveway and pulled the E-brake, and it was also a slow decelleration.

I've got an 82 RX-7...so it's definitely not a GSL like yours...I do have drum brakes on the rear though.

It is possible that I wasn't going fast enough to notice a real hard braking...I'll have to experiment with it at faster speeds to be sure though.

And speaking of pulling E-brakes, my friend and I were touging on a back road last night in his Hachi-roku (Toyota Corolla GT-S...AE86, 4AGE) and came upon a turn where he pulled the E-brake, but kept it engaged too long, and we ended up doing a complete 180 and narrowly missing a mailbox...

I just about **** my pants, lol, but it was definitely a fun time...

Some old lady that had a house right where we slid out came outside and was all like "OMG OMG ARE YOU OK?!?!?!" My friend just said a deer jumped out, ;-)

 

Speaking of pulling hand brakes, over the winter I start my car up which was up on jack stands. I go into every gear and apply the e-brake. Well, it snapped off the last time I did that, and for now I don't have an e-brake.

Just thought I'd mention that so you have something to think about when you're doing 40 and thinking of pulling it.

 

THere were GSL's in 82 also buddy.

 

Ah, slight misunderstanding there...

But I know that mine's not a GSL.

 

no

 

There is an adjustment for the ebrake cable. Get a Haynes manual baby!!!

 

I think he said he already adjusted it

 

Back when I drove my GSL, I used that lever behind the gear shift as a U-turn lever numerous times.

If it don't lock up the rears, something's wrong... I dunno what could be wrong if you've adjusted it, but something's wrong... Probably a stretched cable.

 

On my 1982 GSL, the passenger side e-brake cable was "froze up", it would not move at all. I found this out while I was replacing the rear wheel bearings. I had noticed that my e-brake did not work right anymore, no matter how much I adjusted it. The e-brake only partially applied the driver's side brake. Since the other cable would not move, I could not get good pressure on the driver's side. I pulled the passenger side cable out, poured a little penetrant oil down the cable sheath, and started working the cable back and forth. It took a while, but it started moving. About 30 minutes of more oil and more working got it completely freed up. Quite messy. A local mechanic recommends STP oil treatment to lubricate speedometer cables, so I put some down the cable sheath before I put the cable back. Took a while to put the cable back. Seems to be fine now. My e-brake turn days are long passed though.

Yes, GSL's were out in 1982. I'm the original (and only) owner of this one.