Posted by Paul(in NY) on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 11:55AM :
In Reply to: Adding a parking brake to the back of a tranny posted by Howard in Newcastle on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 11:16AM :
I built a disk E Brake for my Carryall. I bought my Caliper and Ratchet Handle from Street Rod Mfg in Colorado. If I remember the Caliper was about $80 and the Ratchet handle was $49. You will most likely have to fab your own Rotor. The Rotors they sell are designed for popular Street rod Differential yokes, and mount on the rear differential. I used a piece of .3750" stock, cut out the rotor and the yoke cutout with Plasma, then trued it in a lathe. Depending on where you mount the ratchet handle, you may be able to go direct to the caliper with a rod or in my case with SS Aircraft Cable. Not a bad job but took some time.
Street Rod Mfg web site is
www.tsmmfg.com
Also High Angle Drive Line in California sells complete units. Their web site is
www.highangledriveline.com
You can look on my image event site for more pictures. The address is
www.imageevent.com/paulandtam look at the Carryall album.
Email me if I can help you in any way.
Paul