Parking Brake Rebuild

[PatGalvin]

Amazing what you can do with a Harbor Freight blast cabinet and an Eastwood Home Powder Coating System. I was real happy with how this came out. Poor man's re-chroming job.

Pat

 

[TR4nut]

Wow, no kidding - that looks great! I wonder how if that powder would do a decent job on a tired valve cover. I like the satin sheen look to it.

 

[angelfj1]

Pat: very nice. before you reinstall, you might want to inspect the pawl for wear & also replace the spring with a new one..

part no. 4 & 14

 

[PatGalvin]

This is chrome with a coat of gloss over it. I just bought a one part chrome (no additional gloss required) and am looking forward to seeing how that looks. I might try it on the valve cover - it won't look chrome but it might look very good, nonetheless.

Thanks for tips on spring and pawl Frank. I reused spring (it seemed fine) and pawl looked new. Hoping that will be fine.

Pat

 

[Dr. Smoke]

How did you remove the parking brake handle from the tunnel?

 

[Ian Mckenzie]

How did you remove the parking brake handle from the tunnel?

You should try to send him a personal message since this is an old thread.