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| | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 | Will soon have a 1951 3100 pickup in the family. One of the things I noticed is that the emergency brake works when you tromp on it, but doesn't "catch". It seems to use an elongated hole on a lever connected to the release to hold it. A quick look didn't show any obvious problems. Is there a trick to getting it to stay engaged?
fredstev (there's other freds here) | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 | Bump
Truck is now out in my barn, & I'm fixing stuff. The emergency brake release still has me slightly mystified. I'd appreciate any input.
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fredstev | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | Check and see if the elongated hole has worn away the sharp edge it needs to catch on the metal rod. Might be able to remove it and dress it up with a rat tail file. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 | I'll do that 1st thing Saturday, Shipwright. One of the other guys sent me a diagram of the Ebrake assembly so I'm good to go.
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fredstev | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 | Just to make this thread useful information for some one with the same problem, the fix was easy. Come to find out, the end of the release rod was against the floormat, which constantly held the brake lever in "release" position.
The fix:
I just unhooked the release rod, then bent the arm that catches on the emergency brake pedal upward slightly. Now it works great!
Thanks, everyone. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 70 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 70 | I just fixed the e-brake release in my '52. I took the bent arm and put about 2 or 3 degrees more bend into it. The arm is pretty tough and I had use a small hydraulic press to bend it, but now it works like it did when it was new.
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