Does your ebrake work

[Enigma]

Just an addendum to the Sunrise Rollover thread: Does your e-brake work?

Any Cruiser I've had the e-brakes didnt't work. I've never been worried about it 'cuz the few times I did get around to fixing them, they work like crap anyways, especially in reverse. (This is referring to 40 series with the ebrake drum off the tcase).

 

[cruiser_guy]

The e-brake on the '55 worked better after Petra left the brake on for a 1/2 mile or so and burned the oil out of the linings!!
She was asking what the "funny" smell was!!

 

[oldfj40]

My emergency brake on my 40 does work but I wouldn't want to count on it in an emergency.
All my wheel brakes are in great working order though.

 

[BC_FJC]

Still works but after a year of use it's time to get it ajusted.

 

[gladly]

Still works but after a year of use it's time to get it ajusted.

x2, last year it would've been 'yes' now I'm looking for the 'a bit' option in your poll

 

[Scalp]

But doctor, I don't wanna get adjusted!

 

[Granite Grinder]

My 40 e-brake work's perfectly if your pointed downhill (forward) I wouldn't trust it all facing uphill. IOW, if I back up with the brake on, I can't tell, forward I can tell. After I sheared the bolts off the mount (started 4 low, 1st gear=bad idea) I tend to not use the e-brake too much.
GG

 

[brownbear]

sorry I voted for my 60.

Never had a 40 before so no idea how crappy they may be...... But if that was the case, could you not retrofit a 60 series brake system in? Using the appropriate brake levers and stuff...


I actually use my hand brake quite a lot on steep climbs when I have to start and stop. Even bring into the play the hand throttle. Set my rpm and use the clutch and brake only... With moments of the hand brake.

 

[Granite Grinder]

What some have done for the 40's is replace the axle housing with a later model one. The kind with the ebrake handle on the floor, those activate the drums on the axle, also, as a bonus they adjust the brakes as well. With earlier model 40's, every couple of months' you'd have to manually adjust the drums.
GG

 

[Mud_Guppie]

After I sheared the bolts off the mount (started 4 low, 1st gear=bad idea) .
GG

yep, I did that at Rubithon 96 just as I was about to leave on a night run
I should have taken the hint that night runs are a bad idea down there

 

[expat]

Mine works great on the 61 of course... but the 40 e-brake is in parts in a coffee can behind the seats.

 

[Blue Bandit]

too bad lucky larry isn't on here. he's got a good story.

right, GG?

 

[Granite Grinder]

too bad lucky larry isn't on here. he's got a good story.

right, GG?

You got that right!
Lived up to handle, of course he wasn't in his LC, but lucky it didn't hit someone (me) or rollover.
Oh how I miss those days up on McNutt...
GG