[Miata] Parking brake

[CHRISTOPHER ADAMS]

I've bought my '99 new and I've only had to compensate for cable stretch once and the car now has 78k on it. So it shouldn't be something that needs to be messed with often. I imagine maybe twice in the life of the cable/car? The longer cable on the Ram maybe three times in it's life. This is assuming rust or damage hasn't shortened the life of the thing dramatically. At a certain point it won't stretch anymore.

Chris A.
'99 Red Miata Lap Dog
'00 Tundra


>>> "the.jack" <the.jack at verizon.net> 1/10/2007 12:23 PM >>>
	Not to fan fires, but are there no instances of cable stretch? That's what I was thinking of when I wrote my response.
	I ask because our Ramwagon's cable is quite stretch even though the p-brake mechanism at the drums is right where it should
be. You can easily pull the cable to hold the brake while under the vehicle, but inside foot pedal doesn't pull enough through to
tighten well (it grabs a little). The adjustment under the vehicle is full-tight (and rusted to hell so even if it weren't...)
	Anyway, just curious. I don't imagine the cable is all the expensive to replace; it's got to be pretty short of a p-brake
cable!

Chris C.
99 Mazda Miata 5-sp Emerald


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