Emergency Brake Set Up for Scarebird Rear Brake Conversion/Riviera Calipers

[JR_Charger]

It looks like the emergency brake cable ought to hook onto this tab, but the cable is ever so slightly too short -

And it looks like the clip and outer cable should be a couple inches further down the line -

Is there a way to adjust the existing cables, or do I need to have new ones made? If I need to have new ones made, who makes them?

Incidentally, it seems like the springs on these calipers were installed on the wrong sides. I had to swap them to get a clear path for the cable to get to the tab where it should hook up.

 

[jimbosride]

Things look all wrong here ..... what is a ......

Scarebird Rear Brake Conversion/Riviera Calipers ????​

Sorry
Maybe something new to me ..

 

[JR_Charger]

Scarebird Classic Disc Brakes

 

[pnora]

Scarebird Classic Disc Brakes

Where do they show them using the Riviera caliper?

 

[JR_Charger]

They don't have the brackets listed on the website anymore.

This video looks helpful -



Looks like the springs on his are installed as mine originally were. I need a pic of the emergency brake cable installed correctly in the caliper.

 

[1967coronet]

I would call or email scarebird. I used their front brake kit aprox 3 yrs ago.
I had a couple questions and they were happy to help out.

 

[JR_Charger]

Here's another video on adjusting the parking brake -



It seems like this was/is a popular caliper for affordable disc brake conversions. GM used it on Eldorado/Riviera/Toronado (maybe others?) so they made a ton of them. It may not belong on a race car but I bet it's perfectly fine for the street.

 

[JR_Charger]

Only picture I've been able to find of a Cadillac caliper with the e-brake installed. Looks like I had the right idea -

Pic is from Lugnut 4X4's article Not All Eldorado E-Brake Calipers Are The Same

 

[JR_Charger]