im working on my 94 xj with 35's and 6.5 lift . it a mud toy only,not street legal. was thinking about removing the e-brake cables from the rearend.

 

Why?

 

If its never road driven...*maybe*.....but unless there is a dang good reason to get rid of it, I would let it be.

 

The parking brake? If its an auto, go for it. If its a stick I'd get it fixed.

I'd try and keep them either way if it were me though. I'm gonna have to find out how soon too. Lol

 

thought to remove it because of the 6.5 lift ,the cable is maxed out

 

Just extend the cable then. Not difficult.

Lots of folks have tall lifts, I'm sure someone has come up with an easy solution.

 

E-brake is your last line of defense. I personally would not remove it. I used a turnbuckle from home depot to get a little more slack in mine in my blazer.

 

Remove it and buy a line lock off of summit or jegs.

 

whenever I do a axle swap I ditch the e brake. I just use Chevy half ton front calipers in the rear. cheap, no provisions for an e brake.

if you do blow a brake line or caliper the master cylinder is split so you don't have total brake failure. if you lose your rear, you still have fronts, and vice versa. as for parking, deep gears do a pretty good job at keeping my rig from going anywhere.

if there was a cheap and easy solution for me I'd have my e brake. but there isn't and I don't miss it at all.

 

I took mine off in a haste to finish the project way back. it can be a pain not having it I do miss it. I'd much rather have the weight of my rig resting on a nice ebrake than putting strain on my transmission and surrounding areas. it's going back on some day..

 

It's called a parking brake for a reason.

 

I haven't had an e-brake in 5 years. If it were manual I'd make it work. Auto - no need.

 

It's not hard to make a cable work. I moved the whole buckle where they mount to on the unibody back about 3 inches and am still using factory cables. I have full widths and 5.5 lift. Everything works like factory. IMO would never ditch the e break unless its a trailer queen. If it even sees any road or back road I would leave it and make it work. Bc if you loose a line your screwed. Plus when you on a incline it's nice to use it and take the stress off the drivetrain. IMO

 

like I said before, if you blow a line you aren't screwed. you will lose either rear or front brakes, not both in the same instant. all xjs have a split master cylinder. this is a feature of every vehicle made since sometime around the 50s or 60s I do believe. your pedal will be low, but you don't lose your brakes.

 

They were put on the vehicle for a reason, right?

In case of an emergency?