[wingski]

If I tried to angle those E-brake levers on the backing plates 15 degrees toward the back of the car, my E-brake rods wouldn't reach the crossover levers. The shafts that come through the backing plates have keys in them so the levers can only fit on one way with the retaining bolt coming in from the back. I tried turning the lever over so the bolt went in from the front, but that didn’t look right at all, and I switched it back so the bolt enters from the rear. When I was adjusting and cleaning the rear brake shoes, I noticed that they look brand new with almost no wear, so you would think that the brake rod ends would be screwed onto the rods with almost no thread showing. That’s not the case because the rod ends are almost at the end of the threads on the rods. I know that on a new car the E-brake is stiff and only gets looser with use because of wear and the cable stretching, but this A isn’t new and that E-brake lever is so stiff that I can only get it to click twice if I really pull hard on it. I’m not going to be able to really test it until I start driving the A and see if I can get the rear brakes to lock up while the car is moving.