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Subject:Re: ebrake cable equalizer?'sPlastic water outlet ripoff
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:41:04 -0500

At 01:30 PM 2/14/2001, Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote:
>Dear Listees:  The Bentley photo of the bar that holds both emergency
>brake cables on my 90GL appears to be more or less at a 90 degree angle to
>the primary cable coming from the front.  Mine is tilted almost at a 45
>degree angle and has been really since I got it in 97.
>
>1. Is this a problem or are both sides getting enough presure to hold the
>car on a hill?

Not a problem.  The yoke will maintain equal tension on both cables, that's
what it's for.

d

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'85 GL "Poor Relation"