Emergency Brake Cable Source......?

Hey Guys,

I was just wondering if someone could tell me where I could get e-brake cables from for our tubs? I have discs on the rear, not sure if that matters. I contacted vintage and Kirk said they don't sell them. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Disks matter.

Contact CB Performance, or check their online catalog.

You want E-brake cables for a VW Beetle sedan (CB can tell you which year works with their rear disks).

They will be too long, and will have to be cut at the cockpit (handbrake) end. Yours probably have adapters at the handbrake end: There is a setscrew in the adapter which is loosened, the cut-off cable inserted in the end, then re-tightened.

Easy.

Actually I'm in the process of a new build and don't currently have anything. I was just wondering where to go for a new set. Someone mentioned AC industries to me, anyone know who they are? So I just need to purchase a set made for VW and then purchase the cable shortening kit? Is there no one who makes a pre fab disk brake e brake kit for these things that is the correct length? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Contact one of the pan based makers such as JPS or VS and ask them what they use; they might even sell you the cables outright.

If you can't find pre-shortened cables you can do the following:
Cut stock length cables to the correct length at the brake caliper end (not the adjuster end). Use cable clamp(s) at the caliper at the end(s) of the cable(s).
That way you won't need the shortening kit and won't have to deal with clamps and their bulk at the emergency brake end in the interior of the car.

Greg B

Greg et al:

I used those 1/8" cable clamps on a driving brake just once on my first Dune Buggy. They lasted about three pulls and then started to slip.

I listened to my brother and brazed the overlapped cable ends together, and that lasted about one season. Then, I made up what amounted to the same ends that CB and Kymko sells today: A threaded end with a larger shaft at the bottom of it with a hole inside to accept the cable. There is a set screw on the outside that gets screwed in to pinch the cable and, Voila! I have never had one pull out, even with my muscular son driving.

Other people have told me they use the clamps, especially on clutch cables (and I have too) with good results, but there seems to be a lot more pulling force on the E-brake cables and I've not found the cable clamps to be that reliable there.

gn