emergency brake cables
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emergency brake cables
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recently I installed a complete drive train and suspension from a 69 F250 SD onto a 69 F1OO. one helluva learning curve! It is nearly complete,now i am trying to correct a problem with the e brake cable; using the brake cable from the F1OO doesn't work,the cable enters the backing plate at a 90 angle then bends sharply to engage the e brake arm, binds up badly.
the cable fom the F250 was too long ! now what? i ain't a genius at this but i am stumped! can anyone help me with this?
thanks, lil d
recently I installed a complete drive train and suspension from a 69 F250 SD onto a 69 F1OO. one helluva learning curve! It is nearly complete,now i am trying to correct a problem with the e brake cable; using the brake cable from the F1OO doesn't work,the cable enters the backing plate at a 90 angle then bends sharply to engage the e brake arm, binds up badly.
the cable fom the F250 was too long ! now what? i ain't a genius at this but i am stumped! can anyone help me with this?
thanks, lil d
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emergency brake cables
Can you use the f250 cable to the drums, and use the f100 cables for the front? Then find an area along the cables where they are not sheathed, and cut them, allowing about 3 or 4 inches overlap. Then go to the hardware store and buy cable clamps to hook them together. Use two clamps per splice. The clamps look like little minature exhaust pipe clamps (u-bolts). It worked for me.
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Franklin, I agree to shorten the cable, this is a holding brake not a stoping brake. What I missed completely was the F100 to the front. Do my trucks have something mising?
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my thanks to you for your assistance! the idea of shortening the cables occurred to me but i did not have a clue as to how to achieve it. i am off to the PnP to grab some old cables and get my ##### together! Thanks again to Franklin2! lil d
