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    2/24/2015 4:22 PM  #1

    retired 65
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    emergency brake cable install

    can someone send a picture or tell me how the upper emer. brake cable mounts in the equalizer lever under the trans x-member?  I see how the cable goes through the end of the equalizer, but I don't know or where the ball on the end of the cable goes.  Thanks  Jerry

    "when I drop something, it always goes to center of the car"
     

    2/24/2015 4:24 PM  #2

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    retired 65 wrote:

    can someone send a picture or tell me how the upper emer. brake cable mounts in the equalizer lever under the trans x-member?  I see how the cable goes through the end of the equalizer, but I don't know or where the ball on the end of the cable goes.  Thanks  Jerry

    the cable from the e brake handle has a ball on it . . it goes in the end of the arm.


     

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    2/24/2015 5:51 PM  #3

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    Barrett, where did you get that e-brake pic?  Looks just like the one I just modified for more leverage with the 'Sploder brakes.  I guess I'm not the first one to think of doing that.

    BB

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    2/24/2015 6:04 PM  #4

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

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    i shamelessly plagarized it from an aussie site i am on, lol.

    any idea why it is welded?

     

    2/24/2015 9:37 PM  #5

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    barnett468 wrote:

    retired 65 wrote:

    can someone send a picture or tell me how the upper emer. brake cable mounts in the equalizer lever under the trans x-member?  I see how the cable goes through the end of the equalizer, but I don't know or where the ball on the end of the cable goes.  Thanks  Jerry

    Thanks for the info.  I see now where I was going wrong.  I was sliding the cable clear down to the end of the equalizer and the ball kept wanting to pull through the lever.  Jerry
    the cable from the e brake handle has a ball on it . . it goes in the end of the arm.


     

     

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    2/24/2015 10:56 PM  #6

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    no prob . . glad it helped.

    now...do you have this spring?

     

    2/25/2015 9:02 AM  #7

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    barnett468 wrote:

    .
    i shamelessly plagarized it from an aussie site i am on, lol.

    any idea why it is welded?

    Well, as I said, I added two inches to mine (p-brake lever bar) to get more leverage.  The Explorer p-brakes weren't happy with the stock pull-handle affair so I got 30% more leverage and now it locks up pretty well.

    I'm thinking of some kind of compound leverage affair to make it even better but that will have to be a "winter" project some year.  May have to think about one of those electric p-brake actuators.

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    2/25/2015 4:59 PM  #8

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    barnett468 wrote:

    .
    i shamelessly plagarized it from an aussie site i am on, lol.

    any idea why it is welded?

    Well, as I said, I added two inches to mine (p-brake lever bar) to get more leverage.  The Explorer p-brakes weren't happy with the stock pull-handle affair so I got 30% more leverage and now it locks up pretty well.

    I'm thinking of some kind of compound leverage affair to make it even better but that will have to be a "winter" project some year.  May have to think about one of those electric p-brake actuators.

    BB

    I'm working on a 50 buck solution for an electric e-brake actuator to compensate for the original pull out from under the dash. The EPAS neccessitates its removal or PITA relocation.
     I'll post some more on this when I get the prioritized  "honey doo's" done

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    2/25/2015 10:05 PM  #9

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    barnett468 wrote:

    no prob . . glad it helped.

    now...do you have this spring?Yes, I have the spring.  Does the other end of that spring hook into the hole closest to the passenger side of the car on the equalizer bar,  or in the hole that is closest to the drivers side of the car?
    Thanks for the info.

     

    "when I drop something, it always goes to center of the car"
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    2/25/2015 10:36 PM  #10

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    Re: emergency brake cable install

    retired 65 wrote:

    barnett468 wrote:

    no prob . . glad it helped.

    now...do you have this spring?Yes, I have the spring.  Does the other end of that spring hook into the hole closest to the passenger side of the car on the equalizer bar,  or in the hole that is closest to the drivers side of the car?
    Thanks for the info.

     

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