Park Brake Equalizer Spring...need solution
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I picked my replacement spring up at Carquest on the wall with their "Help" type stuff. Was exactly like my original, but the long end was just a straight long wire, and you bent the hook and cut it off where you needed the hook to be. Works great. Now if I can just find the retaining clip that holds the cable in the parking brake lever, I could have a parking brake again.
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back up top. Mine is a 1979 F100, and when I bought it, the front cable was a threaded rod on the tail end (wasn't the standard cable with a ball on the end), and that was connected to the metal bracket that ties directly to the rear lines (there was no equalizer rod, spring, or bracket that connects the equalizer rod to the chassis). Just wondering if these F100's came from the factory with some versions without the equalizer bar and stuff.
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Mine is missing the bracket that is bolted / riveted to the crossmember. I have all the other parts (minus the spring too, but I can get that locally). I do have a funny z-bracket inside of the crossmember, but that doesn't appear to relate to the parking brake setup.
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My 77 regular cab shortbox has a spring about 6-8 inches long that feeds through the hole in the cable to the crossmember just behind the equilizer . I'd show pics but I only have the free membership so i cant post attachments..
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