Pics of parking brake assembly needed

Gary Waggoner

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Does anyone have a picture of the rear parking brake assembly with the rotor off on a disc brake rear? I am missing parts, and need to verify exactly whats needed. The parts pics on WN are not clear enough and the workbooks aren't either.
 

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Gary, did mine a while ago. Old assembly parts and then a pic of the e-brakes on the car. Hope it helps. The PITA for me was having the wrong size roll pins with the springs and the e brake support (the one with 2x 10mm nuts). The e-brake kit I purchased had the roll pins about 2 mm too small, after 2 hours of trying and several cuts to my hands, I finally realized their shorter size. I used the old ones and they fit fine.

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some pics assembled, in half assembled state, and in fresh state prior to assembly.
hope it helps.
 

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Gary, did mine a while ago. Old assembly parts and then a pic of the e-brakes on the car. Hope it helps. The PITA for me was having the wrong size roll pins with the springs and the e brake support (the one with 2x 10mm nuts). The e-brake kit I purchased had the roll pins about 2 mm too small, after 2 hours of trying and several cuts to my hands, I finally realized their shorter size. I used the old ones and they fit fine.

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Hi Ajay and Forum,

Is it recommended to assemble the rear brake off the car before attaching it to the backing plate and attaching the e-brake? I am at this stage and I'm seeking advice; thank you!! I and I assume must forum members do not enjoy doing things 2 or 3 times, beatin' up the hands, and then find the correct approach. That is the beauty of this forum and 2002FAQ.

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Bill
 

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Hi Ajay and Forum,

Is it recommended to assemble the rear brake off the car before attaching it to the backing plate and attaching the e-brake? I am at this stage and I'm seeking advice; thank you!! I and I assume must forum members do not enjoy doing things 2 or 3 times, beatin' up the hands, and then find the correct approach. That is the beauty of this forum and 2002FAQ.

Regards,
Bill

Bill,

Some people assemble the whole rear axle--rear subframe, brakes, diif, etc and then just jack it up and and install the completed rear axle. I did it the other way---installed the rear subframe and trailing arms, and then did the parking brakes while the rear axle was installed. However, you do need to reassemble the rear trailing arms--brake guards, bearings, etc prior to installing the rear trailing arms. In my case, i replated all axle interior parts, and powder coated all parts and, of course, added new wheel bearings in the rears.

A side note, the rear parking brake pins (allen head with a T on the end) that came with my parking brake kit were about 2 mm too small, so i would check that the new ones match your original sizes. Luckily my original pins were salvagable...wire wheeled cleaned them and used them.
 

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Looking through my stash of parts, I see I have a few sets of genuine BMW park bake pins, a couple of park brake expanders (the bit that the brake cable fit into.) Anyone doing a rebuild?
 
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