69 Parking Brake Bracket Differences
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69 Parking Brake Bracket Differences
This car is early 3000's. Sept 28 1968 tag date. I've replaced the frame with a later 69 frame and unlike the early frame, the later does not have the welded parking brake brackets on the #3 crossmember. I see that the vendors sell a bolt on bracket for 69's. My question is, when looking at the AIM, and looking at the vendor illustrations, (which seem to be taken from the AIM), They all appear to show the cable routed THROUGH the # 3 crossmember. This later frame has no holes to provide for that but does have holes for a bolt on bracket. Is the AIM incorrect in this area? And can I simply buy the bolt on brackets without having to drill for the cable to pass through #3? Do the bolt on brackets route the cable below #3 member? Thanks, Rick
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If the illustration is correct then there must be some late 69's out there with 2 holes through #3 where the cable passes through. There is a revision 11/68 stating "bracket added" along with "doc. req. removed" Anybody have a 69 in which the parking brake cable passes though the #3 crossmember on both the left and right sides??
Like I mentioned mine has the bolt holes for brackets but no holes for the cable to pass through. Hard for me to see how the same bracket works for through the member routing and beneath the member routing.
It looks as if there were at least 3 ways of doing this.
1.) Welded bracket, cable routed beneath #3 (my early 69 frame)
2.) Bolt on bracket with cable through #3 (depicted in AIM)
3.) Bolt on bracket with cable beneath #3 (my later 69 frame)
Like I mentioned mine has the bolt holes for brackets but no holes for the cable to pass through. Hard for me to see how the same bracket works for through the member routing and beneath the member routing.
It looks as if there were at least 3 ways of doing this.
1.) Welded bracket, cable routed beneath #3 (my early 69 frame)
2.) Bolt on bracket with cable through #3 (depicted in AIM)
3.) Bolt on bracket with cable beneath #3 (my later 69 frame)
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Thanks for the pic Alan. That's the way I'm going to go. I didn't want to weld the brackets on since the frame is all painted up nice and rustproofed inside. Still curious if any cars had the cable routed through the crossmember as the AIM shows.
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Hi 69,
It appears to me that the bracket would need to be mounted at least 1" higher on the crossmember in order for the cable to pass through the crossmember.
Now that I think about it, I 'guess' if the bracket were mounted upside-down the cable could pass through the crossmember.
Regards,
Alan
It appears to me that the bracket would need to be mounted at least 1" higher on the crossmember in order for the cable to pass through the crossmember.
Now that I think about it, I 'guess' if the bracket were mounted upside-down the cable could pass through the crossmember.
Regards,
Alan
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Hi 69,
It appears to me that the bracket would need to be mounted at least 1" higher on the crossmember in order for the cable to pass through the crossmember.
Now that I think about it, I 'guess' if the bracket were mounted upside-down the cable could pass through the crossmember.
Regards,
Alan
It appears to me that the bracket would need to be mounted at least 1" higher on the crossmember in order for the cable to pass through the crossmember.
Now that I think about it, I 'guess' if the bracket were mounted upside-down the cable could pass through the crossmember.
Regards,
Alan
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I am sure that my March 68 coupe had the welded bracket with the cable under the crossmember. I had to buy a new GM frame due to the wonderful Cleveland, Ohio salt, in winter. By any chance is the 63-67 parking brake cable going through the #3 crossmember? I think the AIM drawing goofed. Lou.
Last edited by loup68; Aug 5, 2014 at 07:41 PM.