| When you apply your parking brake in your 67 to 82 Corvette is this the only sure way it is going to stay where you parked it? If so, do not feel like the Lone Ranger. This is a typical problem for all 67 to 82 Corvettes. The design of the parking brake allowed the cables to stretch and the shoes and levers to become rusted, grease covered or worse yet, frozen so that the whole system was inoperable. The parking brake in our project 73 was not working properly so we contacted Zip Products, 8067 Fast Lane, Mechanicsville, VA 23111, 1-800-692-9632. They supplied us with a complete rebuild kit, which replaced our worn cables, pulleys, brake shoes and levers. All of the brake shoe levers, springs and brackets are done in stainless steel so the problem with rust is eliminated. No more frozen levers or adjusters. A complete rebuild including cables, shoes, levers, and pulleys will take approximately 3 to 5 hours depending on your ability. It’s a good idea to have a shop manual for your particular year available which Zip can also supply. Parts List: |
