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Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by FATMAN » Fri Jul 05, 2024 3:48 pm

Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question
are the 2 lengths very early to late I have a few and one is 12" the other 13 1/2" Bob

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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by RajoRacer » Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:06 pm

Might the "longer" one be for a TT ?


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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by speedytinc » Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:15 pm

RajoRacer wrote:
Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:06 pm
Might the "longer" one be for a TT ?
That was my first thought also. But shorter for the wider frame rail? So to the pile I go.
But in measuring the ones I have, the rods are all just under 15"
Dont have a TT.

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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by RajoRacer » Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:18 pm

I have both - now I have to go measure !


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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by Allan » Fri Jul 05, 2024 7:57 pm

Just for interest, the very early ones had forged, circular ends on them and flat headed clevis pins and split pins rather than the rivets and bent bit of wire used subsequently.
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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:44 am

It's for a TT if the longer one also has a longer/taller clutch cam. (Assuming the cross shaft is still there.)


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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by Allan » Sun Jul 07, 2024 2:17 am

The handbrake quadrant is riveted to the frame of a TT at the same height above the top of the rail as the T. Therefore any difference must be in the length of the lever below the pawl to get to the bottom of the deeper frame rail.The pawl to lever top should be the same, unless for some reason the TT lever has been made longer above the rail.

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Re: Emergency brake rod from handle to pawl question

Post by Will_Vanderburg » Sun Jul 07, 2024 10:39 am

The clutch cam on the handbrake on a TT is four inches tall.
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