Rear Disc Brake Conversion parking brake cable question
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Rear Disc Brake Conversion parking brake cable question
Hey all, I. am in the middle of the brake conversion and I have a question:
In the photo, here's the original drum brake parking brake cable and also the new disc brake parking brake lever on my Chrysler 8.125 rear axle. Obviously not gonna work. Any suggestions?
In the photo, here's the original drum brake parking brake cable and also the new disc brake parking brake lever on my Chrysler 8.125 rear axle. Obviously not gonna work. Any suggestions?
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Now that is slick! I used the cables on the axle of the 8.8 and the box on the frame rail and mated that up with my stock cable from the handle. Took a little figuring, but that makes it easy. $40 for the pair isn't terrible either.
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You can cut some of the spring off of the old cable. Bend a small U in it & secure it to the arm with a $0.25 cable clamp.
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if your brake cables are in good shape, I would just pick-up some of these cable loops from Home Depot
Completely spacing on the technical term, something like cable clamp, or wire clamps.
Cut the spring so you can wrap the cable around itself like this;
Maybe my XJ is special, but the RT Offroad cables were not the right length for my application (C 8.25)
I was kind of peeved because they were kind of expensive and Crown/RT Offroad refused to acknowledge that they weren't correct for my set-up. One side was too long and I didn't want to modify the expensive cables. Ended up replacing the axle and gave the cables to the guy that picked up my old C 8.25
Completely spacing on the technical term, something like cable clamp, or wire clamps.
Cut the spring so you can wrap the cable around itself like this;
Maybe my XJ is special, but the RT Offroad cables were not the right length for my application (C 8.25)
I was kind of peeved because they were kind of expensive and Crown/RT Offroad refused to acknowledge that they weren't correct for my set-up. One side was too long and I didn't want to modify the expensive cables. Ended up replacing the axle and gave the cables to the guy that picked up my old C 8.25
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Hey all, I. am in the middle of the brake conversion and I have a question:
In the photo, here's the original drum brake parking brake cable and also the new disc brake parking brake lever on my Chrysler 8.125 rear axle. Obviously not gonna work. Any suggestions?
In the photo, here's the original drum brake parking brake cable and also the new disc brake parking brake lever on my Chrysler 8.125 rear axle. Obviously not gonna work. Any suggestions?
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if your brake cables are in good shape, I would just pick-up some of these cable loops from Home Depot
Completely spacing on the technical term, something like cable clamp, or wire clamps.
Cut the spring so you can wrap the cable around itself like this;
Maybe my XJ is special, but the RT Offroad cables were not the right length for my application (C 8.25)
I was kind of peeved because they were kind of expensive and Crown/RT Offroad refused to acknowledge that they weren't correct for my set-up. One side was too long and I didn't want to modify the expensive cables. Ended up replacing the axle and gave the cables to the guy that picked up my old C 8.25
Completely spacing on the technical term, something like cable clamp, or wire clamps.
Cut the spring so you can wrap the cable around itself like this;
Maybe my XJ is special, but the RT Offroad cables were not the right length for my application (C 8.25)
I was kind of peeved because they were kind of expensive and Crown/RT Offroad refused to acknowledge that they weren't correct for my set-up. One side was too long and I didn't want to modify the expensive cables. Ended up replacing the axle and gave the cables to the guy that picked up my old C 8.25
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