Little steel cable in the brake drums . . . what is it?
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Little steel cable in the brake drums . . . what is it?
Hi Everybody,
I was showing my 66 to a guy who was interested in buying it and we pulled off the front wheels to check out the brakes. On the passenger side front wheel, the little cable thing that starts at the top of the drum, goes down through the curved channel and attaches at the bottom to the automatic adjuster piece, was fraying.
I checked the other wheels and theirs were all normal. This cable was just a few strands away from breaking entirely, so I'm glad I caught it before it tore up the front drum.
The problem is I took it off, brought it to the parts shop to match it up, and they could not identify the little cable in their computer system. They said that it was not in the brake hardware package -- only springs and clips were in there.
Does anyone know the formal name of this piece? It doesn't seem like an overly-complicated part . . . but the Advance Auto Parts girl didn't know where to look for it in their computer system . . .
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!
I was showing my 66 to a guy who was interested in buying it and we pulled off the front wheels to check out the brakes. On the passenger side front wheel, the little cable thing that starts at the top of the drum, goes down through the curved channel and attaches at the bottom to the automatic adjuster piece, was fraying.
I checked the other wheels and theirs were all normal. This cable was just a few strands away from breaking entirely, so I'm glad I caught it before it tore up the front drum.
The problem is I took it off, brought it to the parts shop to match it up, and they could not identify the little cable in their computer system. They said that it was not in the brake hardware package -- only springs and clips were in there.
Does anyone know the formal name of this piece? It doesn't seem like an overly-complicated part . . . but the Advance Auto Parts girl didn't know where to look for it in their computer system . . .
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!
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I was showing my 66 to a guy who was interested in buying it and we pulled off the front wheels to check out the brakes. On the passenger side front wheel, the little cable thing that starts at the top of the drum, goes down through the curved channel and attaches at the bottom to the automatic adjuster piece, was fraying.
So, what else is new? This is common problem with the self adjuster's cable.
The problem is I took it off, brought it to the parts shop to match it up, and they could not identify the little cable in their computer system.
Clueless!
They said that it was not in the brake hardware package, only springs and clips were in there.
Clueless!! The self adjuster cable is not part of this package.
Does anyone know the formal name of this piece? The Advance Auto Parts girl didn't know where to look for it in their computer system
Clueless!!!
So, what else is new? This is common problem with the self adjuster's cable.
The problem is I took it off, brought it to the parts shop to match it up, and they could not identify the little cable in their computer system.
Clueless!
They said that it was not in the brake hardware package, only springs and clips were in there.
Clueless!! The self adjuster cable is not part of this package.
Does anyone know the formal name of this piece? The Advance Auto Parts girl didn't know where to look for it in their computer system
Clueless!!!
Fits: 1964/83 F100 // 1975/96 F150 // 1964/96 E100/150 // 1967/96 Bronco.
E & F100/Bronco's with drum brakes use four, one on each drum (two rights, two lefts). One right/one left is used on E/F100/150/Bronco's with disc brakes-rear drums only.
Today, this right cable is (usually) sold as part of a kit that also comes with one left side cable (C4UZ2A177A), the levers and the cable guides.
Tell the clueless pinhead to look up "brake self adjuster kit."
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Those cables should be easy to find. Not surprising that I couldn't find the cable on Advance Auto's website... it's been very disappointing since they changed it a while back. Anyway, I found the cable on Autozone's site... they call it a Brake Self Adjuster Cable/Link. P/N H2107B price: $4 for a pair.
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"but the Advance Auto Parts girl didn't know where to look for it in their computer system . . .
Nothing is more frustrating than having to go step by step on a computer to determine a parts listing item. I hate it when I go to the parts store and they need to know everything except the vehicle color to look up a part! I even give them my blood type sometimes just to harass them back.
Mitch
Nothing is more frustrating than having to go step by step on a computer to determine a parts listing item. I hate it when I go to the parts store and they need to know everything except the vehicle color to look up a part! I even give them my blood type sometimes just to harass them back.
Mitch
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Those cables should be easy to find. Not surprising that I couldn't find the cable on Advance Auto's website... it's been very disappointing since they changed it a while back.
Anyway, I found the cable on Autozone's site... they call it a Brake Self Adjuster Cable/Link. P/N H2107B price: $4 for a pair.
Anyway, I found the cable on Autozone's site... they call it a Brake Self Adjuster Cable/Link. P/N H2107B price: $4 for a pair.
What is Auto-Zone actually selling for $4 a pair? The two cables, or...the two cables guides, or...the two adjusting levers?
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