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Old 05-01-2003, 02:08 PM
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Unfortunatley, most cobra's don't have very good parking brakes either. The original style lever doesn't have much travel, and it wastes some of that travel giving it up to a high mechanical advantage. You can lessen the amount of leverage the handle has, so the pull is harder, but gets more action at the cable. I would check that the cable is properly adjusted, no slack at rest and the cables that go to the drums are properly seated. There is no room for slack. Make sure the rear drum brakes are adjusted properly, sometimes the auto adjusters don't adjust automatically as the shoes wear.
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