For those buying Caddies off the shelves, the missing hardware can be had as follows:
You'll need return springs for the parking brakes. Dorman #071-005 is a very close match to the original.
http://www.dormanproducts.com/cgi-bin/vm91corp30r/item-dtl.w?sid=0x01373a1d&item=071-005&icrid=&clt=hwrap1&vsrch_str=071-005&vsrch_brand=ALL&vsrch_cat=ALL&st_amount=&end_amount=&start=&vfrom=&prev=&vnext=&category_list=:0
Dorman is also Motormite, the "Help!" people ... my local quality parts house carries their stuff, or can be had from your local NAPA:
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=BK&PartNumber=6151100&Description=Clutch+Return+Spring+-+General+Purpose
Here's a pic:
http://www.slosh.com/dremu/caddy-calipers-installed-1.JPG
showing where to bend the long end.
You'll also need a lever, which can be made via any one of a number of methods, however as the picture shows, I used 14mm wrenches, which conveniently have the correct hex end on them already. They are, however, a bitch to drill (fricken hardened tool steel, grrr
) Even with my drill press I nuked a coupla bits doing them.
You could cut your own from flat stock if you can make a nice 14mm hex hole with a file. I am not that patient
The bracket to hold the parking brake cable is left as an exercise to the reader, as it depends on your cable ends. In the end I welded a tab on and folded it over:
http://www.slosh.com/dremu/caddy-calipers-installed-4.JPG
laid the cable in and then shut it ... IIRC, the vise-grips didn't do it, so a mini-sledge was involved
-- A
You'll need return springs for the parking brakes. Dorman #071-005 is a very close match to the original.
http://www.dormanproducts.com/cgi-bin/vm91corp30r/item-dtl.w?sid=0x01373a1d&item=071-005&icrid=&clt=hwrap1&vsrch_str=071-005&vsrch_brand=ALL&vsrch_cat=ALL&st_amount=&end_amount=&start=&vfrom=&prev=&vnext=&category_list=:0
Dorman is also Motormite, the "Help!" people ... my local quality parts house carries their stuff, or can be had from your local NAPA:
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=BK&PartNumber=6151100&Description=Clutch+Return+Spring+-+General+Purpose
Here's a pic:
http://www.slosh.com/dremu/caddy-calipers-installed-1.JPG
showing where to bend the long end.
You'll also need a lever, which can be made via any one of a number of methods, however as the picture shows, I used 14mm wrenches, which conveniently have the correct hex end on them already. They are, however, a bitch to drill (fricken hardened tool steel, grrr
) Even with my drill press I nuked a coupla bits doing them.You could cut your own from flat stock if you can make a nice 14mm hex hole with a file. I am not that patient
The bracket to hold the parking brake cable is left as an exercise to the reader, as it depends on your cable ends. In the end I welded a tab on and folded it over:
http://www.slosh.com/dremu/caddy-calipers-installed-4.JPG
laid the cable in and then shut it ... IIRC, the vise-grips didn't do it, so a mini-sledge was involved
-- A
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