Real-Life 1977 C3 Corvette Parking / Emergency Brake Installation

In this video, the installation of the tricky C3 Parking / Emergency Brake system is shown. You will see the removal of the brake caliper, the disc, the identification of the Parking / Emergency Brake location, new parking brake shoes and associated springs and clip, plus the process of installing the parking brake shoes within the disc brake system. You will also see the re-installation of the brake disc and brake caliper. #Corvette, #C3Corvette

[@marknichols7861]

I have invented words as I’ve been trying to tackle job. I’ll give you a dollar to come do it! I appreciate your technique and the clarity of your videos.

[@Motorcycology]

Awesome, thank you!

[@larylhuntington5398]

Best video for this job out of ALL of them. You really go into detail which is what I need. Never done this before and having to do this tonight on my 79. Thank you very much for this. great job.

[@davidstevens2604]

Your video really helped me. The wire technique was AWESOME. Thank you.

[@leolo2222]

Love the video. Was dreading doing this job on my 78, but you gave me the confidence to tackle it. Wasn't quick, but it really wasn't as hard as I expected. I can offer 2 suggestions. One of the pins, as you noted, is inaccessible from behind. You can loosen up all the nuts holding the backing plate, including the bolt at 12 o'clock to give you enough wiggle room to insert a new pin from behind. Also the retaining clip on the bolt at 12 o'clock can also be replaced. Mine was so rusty I had to find a way. Back off the bolt and then break/cut off the old washer/clip. I cut the new retaining clip at the top and bent it open so it would slip over the bolt shoulder. Once in place, bent it back and tightened it down. Worked great.

[@Motorcycology]

That's awesome that you got that job. Me too, I was dreading it as well, but thankfully got it done. Ok probably going to repece all the back plates and things like that to the future. I appreciate the extra details that you provided in the comments and definitely something I will consider and hopefully others will (if they read the comments) prior to doing the work themselves. I've got another C3 is much better shape that I may use to make a video of a much cleaner wheel / e-brake assembly . Thanks again for watching.

[@JCheehos]

Thanks for the video! Tackling my parking brake over the next week or so, and this reference will be perfect.

[@Motorcycology]

I'm glad that it will be useful. Good luck with your work and thanks for the comment and watching ! J

[@rea8755]

I must say this is an outstanding video. Many Thanks!!!

[@Motorcycology]

Thanks and much appreciated! My goal is to always be as clear as possible while doing these projects.

[@st.k.4528]

Amazing! Thanks a lot for such detailed video!

[@Motorcycology]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vett77alfares84]

GREAT JOB , you make it easy to me to renew my vett . thanx👍

[@Motorcycology]

Glad to help. That's the great thing about KZbin, we can all share our experiences and techniques and the viewers (me included) can see a variety of techniques people are using to get their cars up and running.

[@projectpeace]

Thanks very much for de-mystifying this procedure. My only suggestion is to remind people to spray down all brake pads with brake cleaner before reassembling the wheel. Otherwise your brakes will squeak.

[@Motorcycology]

Great point!

[@markf4328]

Great video, thanks for taking the time to do great camera work.

[@Motorcycology]

No prob. I'm always working on the camera work, narrative, and editing. I'm slowly getting better. Thanks for watching btw. J

[@eduardolezama8469]

Very informative, I need to fix my parking brake too. Thank you

[@Motorcycology]

Glad it helped

[@americanbully9583]

Great video

[@Motorcycology]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@RestorationObsession]

Hey this is really great. I have been planning to go thru my whole p-brake mech from the pull handle (already did that though) thru the cable and to the wheels at some point. This is a great help.

[@Motorcycology]

Glad it helped. That's what I did too. I made sure my cables, pully, handle and everything was good, then moved on to doing the parking brake. I'm the 3rd owner of this C3 and the previous owner had the car for 20 years. At some point the parking brakes failed and he never re-did them. I was aware of this when I purchased the C3 from him. The C3 is pretty much as it was from the factory, never winter driven, but also never put through a "refit", so that is what I'm doing. Plus adding to the body of knowledge/skills out there too. We all help each other.

[@epasternak4206]

This was a great video, ill be doing this soon too, crank the metal and just deep breaths lol

[@Motorcycology]

It's not that hard of a job, just a little technical, but at least you don't have to crawl under the car that much. Good luck with your brakes and I know that you will be fine. J

[@benjaminallgeier3108]

THANK YOU!!!

[@CrazyPetez]

Good job! You would have saved yourself a lot of work when putting the calipers back on if you had used a proper size block of wood,to keep the pads/pistons from closing together.

[@bnjdc007]

I put calipers on first and use a piece of sheet metal to slide the shoes in place what your doing works well also

[@Motorcycology]

That's awesome and nice to know that there are other techniques and methods that work. Thanks for the comments and for watching btw! J

[@bnjdc007]

@@Motorcycology I'm having issues with growing and scrapping sounds after driving and braking in town for 10 minutes rear brakes dragging on take off have you had that issues i redid all the brakes and changed the brake fluid to silicon still draging now wondering if it's the ujoints

[@bernardomazondaher]

I’m so glad I found this video and I love your channel name. Can you tell me where you got the rebuild kit?

[@Motorcycology]

Thanks for watching and sending in a comment. I got my kit at a place called Corvette Depot or you could also get at Exclers as well. www.corvettedepot.ca/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwYSwBhDcARIsAOyL0fg-vlGytl6iS9dxoX9372dTVQ3eB84JjuHj6FbUVx1xjcdrBmEigH0aArnUEALw_wcB

[@hankjones2975]

I am getting ready to do this I can see hair pulling.

[@johnathanb7774]

Good luck with the job and I hope the video helps a little bit along the way. Thanks for watching!

[@topazsuperwashwash3718]

How do u adjust the brake handle

[@wwcranker]

I've watched several of these videos for a C3 Corvette. Unfortunately every one glosses over the installation of the top spring. All of a suddent its on like magic. That spring has to stretch to about 4 and 3/4 inches and its very stiff and a complete bear to install.

[@Motorcycology]

I totally agree with you. The top spring is a tough one. No of this installation is much different than a regular drum shoe replacement, just a much smaller and tighter space.

[@kingcobra9485]

Im a beginner, Will this process work on a 1976 Corvette???? Thanks.

[@Motorcycology]

Yes, it will work on a 1976...it's the exact same setup. J. Thanks for the comment and watching btw. J

[@barrypowell829]

Uuuggggggg…..that looks like a lot of finagling to replace those “shoes.” I know just replace with new control arms? Would be costly however it’s an upgrade. Any comment about it? I’d like to read some.

[@wwcranker]

The brake fluid supply line needs to be removed first to get the caliper off. Also if this is the first time a rotor is coming off you will need to drill out the rivets before you can remove the rotor.

[@Motorcycology]

Totally agree! Thanks for watching.

[@curtisklassen4662]

your top spring is not in correctly your wheel studs are going to rub on that spring

[@eugeneavino6967]

A

[@5635randy]

They did not make these easy to rebuild

[@Motorcycology]

No, they are a crazy idea, not a bad idea, but bad enough that people tend not to repair them if / when they fail.