

| Subject: | Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer |
| From: | Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" |
| Date: | Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:22:23 -0700 |
I'm looking at Bentley's and what I see is the top photo on 46.9 which
looks like there has been some disassembly done, using more than a
screwdriver, it seems. Am I not seeing the e-z way to adjust the brakes?
And, is adjusting the brakes how one gets that equalizer piece uncockeyed?
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Rocky J Squirrel
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
Jay lefstein wrote:
> you don't have a small / med flat screw driver? thats all it takes ;)
> On 10-Jul-10, at 9:59 AM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> Given that my parking brake doesn't do a whole lot, I climbed under the
>> van to take some slack out of the linkage. I stopped when I saw that the
>> equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right angle to
>> the centerline of the van as I expected. I'm not sure what this means. I
>> don't have the tools to adjust the brakes.
>>
>> --
>> Rocky J Squirrel
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
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