Is this going to work?

[OldRedFord]

I finished with my E-brake cable replacement (finally)

My question is, with all new shoes and drums out back and new cables the threaded rod that is attached to the equalizer bar is a hair too short.

So I went down to Lowes and got a 6" bolt and a 8" bolt. The 6" was a hair too short and the 8" is a half inch too long.

I made a spacer out of two nuts with a larger inside diameter of the bolt, and then used a flat washer and lock washer followed by a nut to take up the slack in the link lines.

If I could find a 7" bolt that would work nicely.

See pic.

[fordman]

is this the piece you are dealing with?

[knightfire83]

Should work pretty good. You could also get the appropriate die and add more threads to the 8" bolt.

On mine, I used an old clutch linkage pivot and a section of all thread for that connection.

[OldRedFord]

is this the piece you are dealing with?

Yea. The threaded part needs to be longer.

[1971ford]

Looks like it would work great to me.
But what do i know, i tore my e-brake out of the truck

Why not try it? I'm guessing you don't have everything together yet?

[fordman]

why does it need to be longer. did you get the wrong lenght cables?

[OldRedFord]

why does it need to be longer. did you get the wrong lenght cables?

The cables I got are what NPD had listed for a long bed 1972 F100.


Like the threaded rod needs to be a 1/4 of a inch longer. The end of the threads were even with the cable bracket.


Ryan, it seems like it will work. Its just that I cant move the truck to a hill to test it out.

[fordman]

well if the cables are on right then you will have to make something like your doing.

[1971ford]

why does it need to be longer. did you get the wrong lenght cables?

Ryan, it seems like it will work. Its just that I cant move the truck to a hill to test it out.

you can do a test that will show if it works or not just by putting it in neutral and pushing. But to test how well it can hold itself you'll need a hill