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Best line lock to use as an e-brake

* sorry about mispelling..sausage fungers and a touch screen android:doah:

I was thinking of adapting it to the disk brakes already on the truck because of the slip yoke transfercase
 
Sye would be nice if you had the coin. Then the other stuff just bolts to your driveshaft. On the disks if you use the caddy calipers You can get them with the arms to hook up your current ebrake cable to them. I got a kit from a member on here. Don't think they make them anymore though. I haven't seen them on here in a few years. Mine works alright. Just for to use them so they adjust as the pad wears out.
 
I can get the caliper, but ive seen the lever and spring go for just as much as the caliper online.. my local autoparts store cant get them


I hate to just use one since they are different size then a regular caliper.

I wish i could do an SYE, but would seem on this particular truck that the price/ down time/ and repair are not worth it at this time, maybe when payments are done or the transfer fails
 
So what about the new cars with the electric parking brake? They could not be used as an emergency brake. They won't apply until the car is in park. Audi has had it for years and I know others do now also. Just wondering.
 
thats what im saying about the elctro mechanical ones.... there is no mechanical linkage


its a switch wired to actuators and park safety switch...nothing mechanical there...just a switch in the cab
 
You might want to check but i'm fairly certain it is a FEDERAL mandate that the e-brake be a separate MECHANICAL device and NOT hydraulic.
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Can you use that as a parking brake or just a temporary "holding" brake?
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I used mine for a parking brake/emergency brake when I still drove the truck on the street. I know it's not legal....but the state inspection people didn't seem to take issue with it.... I showed the guy how it worked....he was satisfied and slapped a sticker on it...Once I built the truck into an off road only truggy,,,, I pulled the mico lock off to do some brake line work and never reinstalled it.... I am going to put it back on...because I have nothing but "park" to hold the truck in place.... The Mico will eventually leak down after about a week...but most of the time it holds great.

Now when I put disks on my 79 Ford pickup... I spent the extra coin to put the eldorado calipers and cables on it because it has a manual transmission and is a daily driver....I wanted it to be totally legal in case I ever decide to sell it.:D
 
I always cringe at the number of you guys that don't run ebrakes.

Its there for a reason, both parking and emergency.

It pains me to see someone park an auto trans vehicle without setting the parking brake, even on flat ground. I park my burb on inclines, loaded, or with a trailer so often i couldn't imagine not having one.

NO vehicle i drive EVER gets left without the ebrake set. Auto or manual. The parking pawl isn't really meant for that type of load.
 
You say that, but try to keep the stupid things from seizing up when you live in the rustbelt. I dont dare press the e brake on any vehicle unless its only a few years old. If its an older vehicle it will lock up and you get to take the wheels off and pry the brakes back free :thumb::doah:
 
wasted wages said:
Now when I put disks on my 79 Ford pickup... I spent the extra coin to put the eldorado calipers and cables on it because it has a manual transmission and is a daily driver....I wanted it to be totally legal in case I ever decide to sell it.:D
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Yea mine is a manual and I normally leave it in the granny gear but I want to install a remote start and thus, need a parking brake. Do the Eldorado calipers have a small "drum" system inside the rotor for the parking brake or does it apply tension to the calipers themselves?
 
DrkZide said:
Yea mine is a manual and I normally leave it in the granny gear but I want to install a remote start and thus, need a parking brake. Do the Eldorado calipers have a small "drum" system inside the rotor for the parking brake or does it apply tension to the calipers themselves?
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There's a lever that applies tension to the caliper itself.

The newer stock ones have the inner drum setup.

Remote start on a manual sounds risky....:whistle:
 
dhcomp said:
There's a lever that applies tension to the caliper itself.

The newer stock ones have the inner drum setup.

Remote start on a manual sounds risky....:whistle:
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Not when you use magnetic switches under the boot. 2 magnets on each side, all 4 need to be open or it won't start. UltraStart also makes a system where it keeps the engine running until you close the door. I would just need to wire up a door switch since I don't have anything there at the moment.
 
being a previous inspector in Mass, i have had my share of locked up e-brakes, and sometimes its a real pain getting them to let go.. some drum levers are so rusted the cables even brake or they get permanently frozen on and then your f**ked....see in New England, we have a thing called snow and salted roads, sleet, hail, (some years we've gotten 120" or more of snow), mix that with salt and sand, constant freezing and water.. even disk brakes lock up.. not to mention add mud etc. no bueno for e-brake assemblies...not to say california or southwest doesnt get weather, but you dont get weather.. I lived in texas and a few inches of snow closed school, work, and people freaked. i was like :dunno:


and ive never had a parking pawl fail even in some of the junks ive owned where you put it in park before you stop.

but im gunna stop whoring my own thread. (and possibly insulting someone)

personally i dont like e-brakes/ parking brakes on anything but standards.

a question to some would be "what constitutes as mechanical?" define mechanical?

hydraulic/lever/ elctronics, all can perform "mechanical" function
 
I do know one thing, Illinois may be crooked as a question mark as far as politics and any government that we have. But I love the vehicle codes here. No inspections, no emissions and as long as it runs, it gets plated. Now mind you thats just where I live, but ahhhh, love it. I dont even have a working e-brake in any vehicle I have except the work car.

The Eldorado functions alot like a 4wheeler e-brake from how I see it, puts tension on the caliper to apply the pads. Same basic design, doesnt work worth crap and is to expensive to deal with. But that being said, I dont have to deal with it, so my outlook is bias.
 
I wonder if you can put Eldorado calipers on all 4 corners and have a 4 wheel parking brake?
 
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