Mine is like that. Parking brake works fine.

Looks odd I know, but AFAIK, normal. IIRC, there is a flat portion at
bar that is at right angles to cable from front, and cable is in line
with body....

My understanding is that if rear brakes are in good shape, and all is
set up right, they should self adjust and parking brake should stay in
adjustment. One adjusts the parking brake to correctly operating and
setup rear brakes. I don't know what really worn shoes do to this. So
far, my rear brakes work like that.

Neil.

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> 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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