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Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX
Rebuilding the hand brake system on the Jag rear is quite easy, just a pain to access it. It's much cheaper than changing out the rear.
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AMEN X2
Amazing how many wives tales fly around this place...
handbrakes are a nightmare, inboard brakes are crap (especially when the superior solution is $5K), 427's are nose heavy... amazing BS.
H'brakes are not at all difficult, just require patience to work in a cramped place and to adjust the clevises correctly. Omath, your ebrake may in fact need new parts and your past experiences unfortunate but your "Cobra builder" is setting you up for shop hours at whatever his rate is to pull the rear. I have done it alone, on jackstands in 1 hour. Plus he's lying (or he just doesn't know) if he's saying that removal's the only way to fix the ebrake. I have rebuilt the ebrake mechanism
in the car and adjusted it without trauma. Seek another 'expert' or take it back to ERA. -OR-take Bob's advice, I worked from the same diagram he's showing you.
Inboard discs with the right pads can handle track work, especially when they're ventilated.
The average ERA iron block SO is 48% / 52% and better with the driver in place. With Hoosiers or G'years it can skid pad at 1.0G and can transient with the throttle.