FW: Alfa Emergency Brake System

[Andy Menapace <a.menapace@domain.elided>]

> .  I have inherited responsibility of a 1979 Spider and am having some
> difficulty with the braking 
> > system.  The car has been in storage and hardly driven in recent years. 
> 
>  As the car is being driven the left rear wheel gets hot to the touch and
> the 
> > smell of "burning brakes" is noticeable.  Initially, I thought that, to
> some 
> > degree, the brake caliper had rusted/frozen in place on the rotor.  I
> removed 
> > the wheel and with the car in Neutral and the emergency brake off, the 
> > rotor moves by hand.  I looked under the car and noticed that on the
> rear end
> > housing two sets of metal plates that are attached to the emergency 
> > brake looked out of place.  The emergency brake cable goes between the
> first 
> > set of plates which is vertical for the most part.  The cable the goes
> to 
> > the second set of plates, but this set of plates is leaning roughly 45 
> > degrees towards the wheel.  When the emergency brake is engaged, the
> plate on 
> > the passenger side moves slightly toward the wheel while the plate on
> the 
> > driver side stays still.
> >
> > Can you help me diagnose the problem and perhaps offer a solution and
> tips on a fix.  
> > Thank you very much.
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