issue with gslse swap
I have a 84 gs with drum rear and swapped it for an se disc rear, everything was direct swap, very easy to do. My problem is the brakes feel like there dragging, I exchanged the e brake cables and had to adjust the nut on the e brake handle all the way out, so they would even connect, but the nut on the e brake handle is only on by a few threads, is there something im doing wrong? The brakes feel like theyre rubbing and not free. Any help is appreciated
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The front half of the ebrake cable should be the same between the drum and disk cars, it should have gone together easily.
Do you have a pic of how the cable is attached on the caliper side of things? I'm wondering if something is wrong there? |
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Heres a couple pix, the install was straightforward, the tee end of the cable slips onto the caliper and the nuts are locked against the bracket
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Anyone have any suggestions?
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If you feel that the ebrake cable is not engaged, check you calipers, frozen maybe??
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I just did one today, the little plastic sleeves where the cable turns over the edge was all gummed up. Cleaned it out and tuned the sleeves 120* to show it a new surface. Works like a charm.
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Originally Posted by Siraniko
(Post 11676496)
If you feel that the ebrake cable is not engaged, check you calipers, frozen maybe??
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Originally Posted by ArmyOfOne
(Post 11676514)
I just did one today, the little plastic sleeves where the cable turns over the edge was all gummed up. Cleaned it out and tuned the sleeves 120* to show it a new surface. Works like a charm.
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rotaryjunkee are you using the correct e-brake cables for the rear disc brakes? The cables for the drum brakes and the disc brakes are totally different. I did the same swap and the e-brake install went smoothly without a hitch. Never had to adjust the nut on the handle.
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Originally Posted by placd1
(Post 11677713)
rotaryjunkee are you using the correct e-brake cables for the rear disc brakes? The cables for the drum brakes and the disc brakes are totally different. I did the same swap and the e-brake install went smoothly without a hitch. Never had to adjust the nut on the handle.
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Could be. I had to change the front ebrake cable on a drum to disc car.
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It is a gslse rear with gsl ebrake cables, are the gsl and se cables different lengths?
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Doesnt the se have larger rear rotors than the gsl? So that would put the caliper further out, causing the gsl cables to be short. Just a thought
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That I don't know about. I swapped in a set of cables from a 12A car but it was still an 84-85 chassis going into an 81-82 chassis. This car happened to have a large flange rearend though, but I don't know how to tell whether it's an 83 small axle of 84-85 big axle. Didn't want to pull the axles to find out.
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